bup-server(1) Bup 0.34+

Avery Pennarun

2026-09-01

NAME

bup-server - the server side of the bup client-server relationship

SYNOPSIS

bup server

DESCRIPTION

bup server is the server side of a remote bup session. If you use bup-split(1) or bup-save(1) with the -r option, they will ssh to the remote server and run bup server to receive the transmitted objects.

There is normally no reason to run bup server yourself.

The server’s resource usage can be limited by setting bup.server.deduplicate-writes to false. See the description in bup-config(5) for additional information.

FILES

$BUP_DIR/bup-dumb-server
When this file exists, bup will act as if bup.server.deduplicate-writes is set to false in the configuration, unless the configuration already specifies a value.

SEE ALSO

bup-save(1), bup-split(1), bup-config(1)

BUP

Part of the bup(1) suite.