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NAME

       bup-save - create a new bup backup set

SYNOPSIS

       bup save [-r host:path] <-t|-c|-n name> [-#] [-f indexfile] [-v] [-q] [--smaller=maxsize]

DESCRIPTION

       bup save saves the contents of the given files or paths into a new backup set and optionally names that backup set.

       Before  trying  to  save files using bup save, you should first update the index using bup index.  The reasons for separating the two steps
       are described in the man page for bup-index(1).

OPTIONS

       -r, --remote=host:path
	      save the backup set to the given remote server.  If path is omitted, uses the default path on the remote server (you still  need	to
	      include  the  ':').  The connection to the remote server is made with SSH.  If you'd like to specify which port, user or private key
	      to use for the SSH connection, we recommend you use the ~/.ssh/config file.

       -t, --tree
	      after creating the backup set, print out the git tree id of the resulting backup.

       -c, --commit
	      after creating the backup set, print out the git commit id of the resulting backup.

       -n, --name=name
	      after creating the backup set, create a git branch named name so that the backup can be accessed using that name.  If  name  already
	      exists,  the new backup will be considered a descendant of the old name.	(Thus, you can continually create new backup sets with the
	      same name, and later view the history of that backup set to see how files have changed over time.)

       -f, --indexfile=indexfile
	      use a different index filename instead of ~/.bup/bupindex.

       -v, --verbose
	      increase verbosity (can be used more than once).	With one -v, prints every directory name as it gets backed up.	With two -v,  also
	      prints every filename.

       -q, --quiet
	      disable progress messages.

       --smaller=maxsize
	      don't  back  up files >= maxsize bytes.  You can use this to run frequent incremental backups of your small files, which can usually
	      be backed up quickly, and skip over large ones (like virtual machine images) which take longer.  Then you  can  back  up	the  large
	      files less frequently.  Use a suffix like k, M, or G to specify multiples of 1024, 10241024, 10241024*1024 respectively.

       --bwlimit=bytes/sec
	      don't  transmit  more than bytes/sec bytes per second to the server.  This is good for making your backups not suck up all your net-
	      work bandwidth.  Use a suffix like k, M, or G to specify multiples of 1024, 10241024, 10241024*1024 respectively.

       --strip
	      strips the path that is given from all files and directories.

	      A directory /root/chroot/etc saved with "bup save -n chroot --strip /root/chroot" would be saved as /etc.

       --strip-prefix=path-prefix
	      strips the given path-prefix path-prefix from all files and directories.

	      A directory /root/chroots/webserver saved with "bup save -n webserver --strip-path=/root/chroots" would be saved as /webserver/etc

       --graft=old_path=new_path
	      a graft point old_path=new_path (can be used more than once).

	      A directory  /root/chroot/a/etc  saved  with  "bup  save	-n  chroots  --graft  /root/chroot/a/etc=/chroots/a"  would  be  saved	as
	      /chroots/a/etc

       -#, --compress=#
	      set  the	compression  level to # (a value from 0-9, where 9 is the highest and 0 is no compression).  The default is 1 (fast, loose
	      compression)

EXAMPLE

	      $ bup index -ux /etc
	      Indexing: 1981, done.

	      $ bup save -r myserver: -n my-pc-backup --bwlimit=50k /etc
	      Reading index: 1981, done.
	      Saving: 100.00% (998/998k, 1981/1981 files), done.

	      $ ls /home/joe/chroots/httpd
	      bin var

	      $ bup index -ux /home/joe/chroots/httpd
	      Indexing: 1337, done.

	      $ bup save --strip -n joes-httpd-chroot /home/joe/chroots/httpd
	      Reading index: 1337, done.
	      Saving: 100.00% (998/998k, 1337/1337 files), done.

	      $ bup ls joes-httpd-chroot/latest/
	      bin/
	      var/

	      $ bup save --strip-prefix=/home/joe/chroots -n joes-chroots 
		   /home/joe/chroots/httpd
	      Reading index: 1337, done.
	      Saving: 100.00% (998/998k, 1337/1337 files), done.

	      $ bup ls joes-chroots/latest/
	      httpd/

	      $ bup save --graft /home/joe/chroots/httpd=/http-chroot 
		   -n joe
		   /home/joe/chroots/httpd
	      Reading index: 1337, done.
	      Saving: 100.00% (998/998k, 1337/1337 files), done.

	      $ bup ls joe/latest/
	      http-chroot/

SEE ALSO

       bup-index(1), bup-split(1), bup-on(1), bup-restore(1), ssh_config(5)

BUP

       Part of the bup(1) suite.

AUTHORS

       Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>.

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