SYNOPSIS
bup [global options...] <command> [options...]
DESCRIPTION
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.
GLOBAL OPTIONS
- --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.
COMMONLY USED SUBCOMMANDS
- 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
RARELY USED SUBCOMMANDS
- 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.