rsbackup 5.0

[Richard Kettlewell]

I have released rsbackup 5.0.

Description:

   rsbackup is a backup tool that uses rsync to back up your files to
   hard disks.
      * It uses rsync’s ability to hardlink unchanged files together to
        keep multiple copies with only the space cost of the
        directories.
      * Backups may be taken from multiple machines (using SSH) and
        stored to multiple filesystems, which could be fixed or
        external disks.
      * Old backups are removed automatically, using flexible per-volume
        policies.
      * The current backup status can be generated as a file or sent as
        an email, with plain text and HTML format supported.
      * Hook features are provided to allow operator-supplied programs
        to be run at key points during the backup process, to ensure
        that devices are mounted, to support backing up via snapshots,
        etc.

Changes in 5.0:

   * Configuration file parsing has changed slightly, with stricter
     rules about indentation. See rsbackup(5) for details.
   * The default location for snapshots has changed. If you use
     snapshots you must adjust your configuration.
   * New host-check directive controlling how to test whether hosts are
     up or down.
   * ACLs and extended attributes are now backed up. Note that the
     options used assume a modern version of rsync, and are not
     supported by the version installed under macOS; also this feature
     can also cause some trouble with Windows filesystems. Set the
     rsync-extra-options as discussed in rsbackup(5) to work around
     this.
   * The --retire option now always requests confirmation from the user.
   * New --forget-only option used with --retire to drop database
     records for backups without deleting the backups themselves.
   * pre-backup-hook scripts may now exit with a distinct exit status to
     indicate a transient failure, equivalent to a check-file or
     check-mounted test failing.

Advance warnings:

   * The old always-up directive is now deprecated and will produce a
     warning. In some future version it will be removed.

Download:

   http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/rsbackup/

SHA256 hashes:

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rsbackup-5.0.tar.gz
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rsbackup_5.0_amd64.deb
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rsbackup_5.0_i386.deb
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rsbackup-graph_5.0_amd64.deb
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rsbackup-graph_5.0_i386.deb

ttfn/rjk

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