Re: [bu-users] is this list still alive? (status of bu/rbu)

[Vincent S. <bu...@hi...>]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:38:06AM -0700, jack byers wrote:
> is bu list still alive?
> 
> is rbu working, more complete?

Greetings Jack and others that are still lurking on this list.

Yes, it's still alive.  And yes.  Not more complete but different
features.  I use rbu, usually many times a day.  I still plan to replace
bu with rbu eventually, once I implement the rest of bu's features, but,
for now I use a combination of the two.  I actually use rbu the most.
Unlike bu, rbu can backup to another machine using rsync without the
backup FS being NFS mounted.  This also makes it better suited for off
site backups to a remote server.   It can also synchronize, i.e.  clean
the backup FS of files that have been deleted from the source FS.
However, you have to specify on the command line what files or
directories you want to backup.

Bu can be used with an include file that lists file patterns to backup,
which is not implemented yet in rbu.  Also bu has some other features
such as log files, etc.

So, for now, I usually use rbu for backing up specific files and
directories throughout the day as I work, and bu in cases where I want
to do a complete backup of all important files on my system, such as
from a cron job or sometimes manually running it, and it is practical to
NFS mount my backup FS or the backup fs is locally mounted, such as
a USB backup drive, etc.

I regret that I have not had time to finish the rest of the features in
rbu until now.  I have been thinking about it lately and am in hopes
I can schedule some time to work on it before too much longer.

I also plan to bring bu's CD/DVD RW dump features over to rbu eventually
and bring them up to date.

Regards,
Vince