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UVBS is a versioning backup system using inotify (and incorporating code from pyinotify: http://pyinotify.sourceforge.net) to monitor directories in a low resource fashion and incrementally backup modified files.


uvbsd: Ubuntu Versioning Backup System Daemon
Usage: uvbsd path1 [path2, path3,...] maxSize
Specify an arbitrary number of directories to watch, and a size limit for exempting files (in bytes). Stores watched path in a serialized python list in $HOME/.uvbswatched.pkl. uvbsd will not run as root as it can be a weapon of mass destruction as it currently stands.

uvbs-diffizer: 
Usage: uvbsd path1 [path2, path3,...]
Convert old files to diffs against the latest backup to save space; uvbs-revert automatically patches. Invoke with a list of paths. Alternatively invoke with no arguments to run on all currently watched directories.

uvbsmain:
Usage: uvbsd
GUI for starting uvsbd and reverting files

uvbs-snapshot:
Usage: uvbs-snapshot
GUI for making snapshots of your backup hiearchy and restoring said backups