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NAME

       bup - Backup program using rolling checksums and git file formats

SYNOPSIS

       bup <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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

       bup-memtest(1)
              Test bup memory usage statistics

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

SEE ALSO

       git(1) and the README file from the bup distribution.

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

AUTHORS

       Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>.