Bup

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Bup
Original author Avery Pennarun
Initial release4 January 2010;15 years ago (2010-01-04) [1]
Stable release
0.33.3 / 28 December 2023;23 months ago (2023-12-28) [1]
Repository
Written in Python, Bash, C
Operating system Linux, OS X 10.4 or later, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Solaris, Windows (through Cygwin or WSL)
Size 405 KB
Type Backup
License LGPL version 2 [2]
Website bup.github.io

Bup is a Backup system written in Python. It uses several formats from Git but is capable of handling very large files like operating system images. [3] It has block-based deduplication [4] and optional par2-based error correction. [5]

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History

Bup development began in 2010 [6] and was accepted to Debian the same year.

Design

Bup uses the git packfile format writing packfiles directly, avoiding garbage collection. [3]

Availability

Bup is available from source and notably part of the following distributions

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Releases · bup/bup". github.com. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  2. ↑ "License at github.com". github.com. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  3. 1 2 Brockmeier, Joe 'Zonker' (March 31, 2010). "Git-based backup with bup". LWN. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Keeling, G. P. E. (January 2014). "Improved Open Source Backup: Incorporating inline deduplication and sparse indexing solutions" (PDF). UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Zari´c, Zoran (2011). "bup: Git for backups" (PDF). 28c3. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Pennarun, Avery (2010-10-25). "bup: the git-based backup system" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Debian".
  8. ↑ "Ubuntu".
  9. ↑ "Arch Linux".
  10. ↑ "pkgsrc".
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