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

[jack b. <by...@gm...>]

Vince, thanks for your reply.

It is not  clear to me why you do not use rbu for "complete backups".
I understand that rbu is missing some features that would make it
easier to use. But why not use rbu for complete backups?
I have become used to rbu and prefer it.

Jack

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Vincent Stemen <bu...@hi...> wrote:

> 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
>
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