SBackup is a simple backup solution intended for desktop use. It can back up any subset of files and directories.
This software is written withing Google Summer of Code 2005 for use in the Ubuntu Linux distribution.
To use.
- Install python and python-gnome2 libraries.
- Run 'make install' in the same directory as this README file
- Run simple-backup-config to configure your backup configuration.
Do not forget to save the configuration.
- Run simple-restore-gnome to upgrade existing backups to new format
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What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
Bug fixes:
· [Fix] LP: #1000171 make it backwards compatible because upgrade-backups is incredibly slow and not reliable: added restore utility which provides legacy support using the 0.10.5 algorithm. Command must be executed from terminal: 'sbackup-legacy-restore BACKUP_PATH FILE_OR_DIR_TO_RESTORE [TARGET_DIR]' or for more ease of use with GTK gui: 'sbackup-legacy-restore --gui'.
· [Fix] LP: #1097465 Regular expressions defined in default configuration can be improved: -do not exclude specific types of files e.g. mp3, avi -fix regex for .gvfs, trash, cache etc. so these apply to 'top-level' directories -add a default regex for lock directories (e.g. $HOME/.mozilla/lock) -add a default regex for $HOME/.cache directory
· [Fix] LP: #785512 Backup files are not protect from local user access: make the snapshot directories RWX only by owner (existing snapshots are not affected by this fix).
· [Fix] LP: #330680 fails if target path contains #: fixed by not allowing fragments when parsing target path and using quote/unquote to escape # properly (FIXME: this fix does not cover target paths containing special chars ; or ?)
· [Fix] LP: #980786 Don't complain about non-accessable excluded files: order of checks when inspecting file system revised. It is now first checked whether a file is excluded before it is actually accessed. Thanks for Bernd Wurst for the suggestion.
· [Fix] LP: #670646 sbackup-gtk crashes while starting: invalid literal for int(): ignore ValueError from urlparse when parsing port
· [Fix] LP: #888367 TypeError: argument of type 'int' is not iterable: Try to fix type error by not using interpolation when getting items From ConfigParser.
· [Fix] LP: #173490 Pre/Post backup script hooks: applied patch suggested by Derek Ditch
· [Fix] LP: #918099 System menu names should include 'admin' or similar: applied patch suggested by Anton (feenstra)
· [Fix] LP: #875634 sbackup's tar very slow due to erroneous backup size calculation: Sometimes the calculation of the space required goes badly wrong and we could end-up With _checkp=1 for 30GB to save, making tar VERY slow. Fixed by setting minimum value to 100. Thanks to Thibault Godouet for the patch.
· [Fix] LP: #768080 incremental snapshots store more files than needed: add TAR option '--no-check-device'. Thanks to Rogach (platon7pronko) and Felix Griewald (tiiunder) for the patch.
· remove 'backup upgrade' feature and 'rebase snapshot' feature since it is not reliable and can cause severe user data loss and added restore utility which provides legacy support using the 0.10.5 algorithm. Command must be executed from terminal: 'sbackup-legacy-restore BACKUP_PATH FILE_OR_DIR_TO_RESTORE [TARGET_DIR]' or for more ease of use with GTK gui: 'sbackup-legacy-restore --gui'.
· Pre/Post backup script hooks: I've applied patch suggested by Derek Ditch and added this feature to sbackup series 0.11 (sorry for the delay...)
· It is completely optional. To use it, please add following options to your configuration file: ... [hooks] pre-backup = post-backup = ... You only need to specify scripts that should run, just leave it out if not required! Please note, the script must be executable (chmod +x) and will be run with same privileges as your backup process. So, be careful!
· improved regular expressions defined in default configuration -do not exclude specific types of files e.g. mp3, avi -fix regex for .gvfs, trash, cache etc. so these apply to 'top-level' directories -add a default regex for lock directories (e.g. $HOME/.mozilla/lock) -add a default regex for $HOME/.cache directory
· translations updated
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