bup-server - the server side of the bup client-server
relationship
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.
- smart
- In this mode, the server checks each incoming object against the idx files
in its repository. If any object already exists, it tells the client about
the idx file it was found in, allowing the client to download that idx and
avoid sending duplicate data. This is bup-server’s default
mode.
- dumb
- In this mode, the server will not check its local index before writing an
object. To avoid writing duplicate objects, the server will tell the
client to download all of its .idx files at the start of the session. This
mode is useful on low powered server hardware (ie router/slow NAS).
- $BUP_DIR/bup-dumb-server
- Activate dumb server mode, as discussed above. This file is not created by
default in new repositories.
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