rbackupd
rbackupd is a backup program for linux using rsync. It creates "snapshots" of the filesystem that contain all files and directories of that filesystem at the time of the snapshot. To reduce the required disk space, files that have not changed since the last snapshot are hardlinked into the new snapshot.
You can specify multiple intervals in which snapshots will be created, and a maximum number of backups that should be kept for every interval. Intervals can be given in a cron-like format, which means you have great flexibility in specifying these intervals.
Thanks to rsync, rbackupd will preserve hardlinks, special files such as named sockets and fifos, device files, permissions, ownership, modification times, ACLs and extended attributes.
As the snapshots are neither compressed nor encrypted by rbackupd, every user can access all files owned by him without requiring root privileges.
rbackupd is written in python, for version 3.3.
Disclaimer
This program is not ready for production or day-to-day use. It is still in an early alpha stage and might contain severe bugs that potentially destroy your data.
Requirements
- a POSIX compatible operating system
- rsync v2.5.7 or later
- python v3.3 or later
- a filesystem supporting hardlinks
Usage
Type rbackupd --help to get a list of all available commands. Also look
into INSTALL for help with an initial setup.
Documentation
Look into doc/ for more detailed documentation.
Installation
See INSTALL for installation information.
Authors
See AUTHORS for a list of authors.
Changelog
See CHANGES.rst for a complete changelog.
License
rbackupd is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3. See
LICENSE for a copy of the GPL.
