bup-server(1) General Commands Manual bup-server(1)

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

bup server

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.

$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.

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

Part of the bup(1) suite.

Avery Pennarun apenwarr@gmail.com.

2026-09-01 Bup 0.34+