BUP()

bup - Backup program using rolling checksums and git file formatsbup [global options...] \command\ [options...]bup is a program for making backups of your files using the git file format.

Unlike git(1) itself, bup is optimized for handling huge data sets including individual very large files (such a virtual machine images). However, once a backup set is created, it can still be accessed using git tools.

The individual bup subcommands appear in their own man pages.

--version
    print bup's version number. Equivalent to bup-version(1)

-d, --bup-dir=BUP_DIR
    use the given BUP_DIR parameter as the bup repository location, instead of reading it from the $BUP_DIR environment variable or using the default ~/.bup location.

bup-fsck(1)
    Check backup sets for damage and add redundancy information

bup-ftp(1)
    Browse backup sets using an ftp-like client

bup-fuse(1)
    Mount your backup sets as a filesystem

bup-help(1)
    Print detailed help for the given command

bup-index(1)
    Create or display the index of files to back up

bup-on(1)
    Backup a remote machine to the local one

bup-restore(1)
    Extract files from a backup set

bup-save(1)
    Save files into a backup set (note: run "bup index" first)

bup-web(1)
    Launch a web server to examine backup sets

bup-damage(1)
    Deliberately destroy data

bup-drecurse(1)
    Recursively list files in your filesystem

bup-init(1)
    Initialize a bup repository

bup-join(1)
    Retrieve a file backed up using bup-split(1)

bup-ls(1)
    Browse the files in your backup sets

bup-margin(1)
    Determine how close your bup repository is to armageddon

bup-memtest(1)
    Test bup memory usage statistics

bup-midx(1)
    Index objects to speed up future backups

bup-newliner(1)
    Make sure progress messages don't overlap with output

bup-random(1)
    Generate a stream of random output

bup-server(1)
    The server side of the bup client-server relationship

bup-split(1)
    Split a single file into its own backup set

bup-tick(1)
    Wait for up to one second.

bup-version(1)
    Report the version number of your copy of bup. git(1) and the README file from the bup distribution.

The home of bup is at http://github.com/bup/bup/.