rsbackup 4.0

Richard Kettlewell rjk at terraraq.uk
Fri Mar 31 18:03:37 BST 2017


I have released rsbackup 4.0.

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 4.0:

   * A new tool, rsbackup-graph, has been introduced. This generates a
     graphical representation of available backups.
   * The 'colors' directive is now split into 'colors-good' and
     'colors-bad' which can take either RGB or HSV parameters.
   * Report contents can now be parameterized using the new report
     directive.
   * Configuration file documentation has been moved to a new man
     page, rsbackup(5).
   * Various minor bugs have been fixed.

Advance warnings:

   * The old 'colors' directive is now deprecated and will produce a
     warning. In some future version it will be removed.
   * The old 'report-prune-logs' 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-4.0.tar.gz
13ba673ab29d79563486bab21179bb4f71d4edaf8af4cd58bbc403824b9911ae
rsbackup_4.0_amd64.deb
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rsbackup_4.0_i386.deb

ttfn/rjk

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