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

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

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 04:54:11PM -0700, jack byers wrote:
> 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

Mainly because of not having include lists implemented in rbu yet.
I usually have a fairly long list of selective file patterns in my
include list for a full backup.  If you are backing up entire file
systems, rather than doing a surgical type full backup, then there isn't
much advantage to bu over rbu.  Unless you are doing scheduled backups
and would like logs and, optionally, an email status report of your
backups, which rbu can not do yet.  Although, rbu does pay attention to
your exclude list.  It is currently supported via rsync's
'--exclude-from' option.

BTW, another feature I plan to add to rbu is the ability to do
encryption for secure off site backups.  I have already recently written
a nice file pattern list based encryption tool for both for stand alone
use and for transparent use with rbu.