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Overview modified by user2684

user2684 — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 14:39:25 -0000

Intro modified by user2684

user2684 — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 14:18:02 -0000

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 #Features#

-- - **Incremental backup**: a new snapshot is created upon each run and only new or modified files are added to it
+- **Incremental backup**: a new snapshot is created upon each run and only new or modified files are added to it
 - **Binary deltas**: only the portion (data slices) of the file that has changed is saved or restored
 - **Data deduplication**: across directories/snapshots/computers, prevent storing copied/renamed/moved contents or any data slice already in the catalog 
 - **Encryption support**: generate password-protected backup sets

Intro modified by user2684

user2684 — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 14:17:45 -0000

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-- **Incremental backup**: a new snapshot is created upon each run and only new or modified files are added to it
+#Features#
+
+- - **Incremental backup**: a new snapshot is created upon each run and only new or modified files are added to it
 - **Binary deltas**: only the portion (data slices) of the file that has changed is saved or restored
 - **Data deduplication**: across directories/snapshots/computers, prevent storing copied/renamed/moved contents or any data slice already in the catalog 
 - **Encryption support**: generate password-protected backup sets

Features modified by user2684

user2684 — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 14:10:39 -0000

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-ZipSnapNG is a portable multi-platform backup tool which, despite its simplicity (200Kb and no installation required), provides advanced features such as incremental backup, data deduplication, encryption and configurable retention.
-
-It may run through the command line or within a graphical interface.
-
-#Features#
 - **Incremental backup**: a new snapshot is created upon each run and only new or modified files are added to it
 - **Binary deltas**: only the portion (data slices) of the file that has changed is saved or restored
 - **Data deduplication**: across directories/snapshots/computers, prevent storing copied/renamed/moved contents or any data slice already in the catalog

About modified by user2684

user2684 — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:30:47 -0000

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 - Keep track of elapsed time for each task and memory consumption

 #Documentation#
-A Quickstart help page containing details regarding the installation, configuration, usage and upgrades is provided within the package in the `docs` directory or online at https://sourceforge.net/p/zipsnapng/help/Quickstart
+A Quickstart help page containing details regarding the installation, configuration, usage and upgrades is provided within the package in the `docs` directory or online at [Quickstart] (https://sourceforge.net/p/zipsnapng/help/Quickstart)

 #How ZipSnapNG Works#
 During a backup job, the utility opens each file, apply the filters if configured and reads the content in chunks (by default 1 megabyte), checking if the hash of the data slice is already in the catalog. This to ensure that only new data is added to the archive and to avoid storing data slices already seen for saving space and provide data deduplication.

About modified by user2684

user2684 — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:30:05 -0000

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 #Documentation#
 A Quickstart help page containing details regarding the installation, configuration, usage and upgrades is provided within the package in the `docs` directory or online at https://sourceforge.net/p/zipsnapng/help/Quickstart

-#How It Works#
+#How ZipSnapNG Works#
 During a backup job, the utility opens each file, apply the filters if configured and reads the content in chunks (by default 1 megabyte), checking if the hash of the data slice is already in the catalog. This to ensure that only new data is added to the archive and to avoid storing data slices already seen for saving space and provide data deduplication.
 The backup job generates two files: a ZIP archive containing the new data slices and a catalog with a summary of all the snapshots, the files, their properties (filename, timestamp, size) and the referenced data slices. The configuration and a log file is also associated and saved to the same location.
 Optionally, an external command can be run when the backup process is over.

About modified by user2684

user2684 — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:29:11 -0000

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 - Keep track of elapsed time for each task and memory consumption

 #Documentation#
-A Quickstart help page is provided within the package in the `docs` directory or online at https://sourceforge.net/p/zipsnapng/help/Quickstart
-
+A Quickstart help page containing details regarding the installation, configuration, usage and upgrades is provided within the package in the `docs` directory or online at https://sourceforge.net/p/zipsnapng/help/Quickstart

 #How It Works#
 During a backup job, the utility opens each file, apply the filters if configured and reads the content in chunks (by default 1 megabyte), checking if the hash of the data slice is already in the catalog. This to ensure that only new data is added to the archive and to avoid storing data slices already seen for saving space and provide data deduplication.

About modified by user2684

user2684 — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:28:12 -0000

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 - **Multiple restore options**: original location, different directory or merge with existing directories
 - **Windows Shadow Copy support**: integration with Windows VSS to handle opened files
 - **Multi-volumes archive**: split the backup archive in multiple, smaller files
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-
 - A backup job can include multiple source directories
 - The configuration for each backup job is stored in independent configuration files
 - The integrity of the files extracted after a restore is verified
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 - Generate and store log file for each run
 - Provide file hashing with SHA-256
 - Keep track of elapsed time for each task and memory consumption
+
+#Documentation#
+A Quickstart help page is provided within the package in the `docs` directory or online at https://sourceforge.net/p/zipsnapng/help/Quickstart
+

 #How It Works#
 During a backup job, the utility opens each file, apply the filters if configured and reads the content in chunks (by default 1 megabyte), checking if the hash of the data slice is already in the catalog. This to ensure that only new data is added to the archive and to avoid storing data slices already seen for saving space and provide data deduplication.

About modified by user2684

user2684 — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:19:06 -0000

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 - **Multiple restore options**: original location, different directory or merge with existing directories
 - **Windows Shadow Copy support**: integration with Windows VSS to handle opened files
 - **Multi-volumes archive**: split the backup archive in multiple, smaller files
+

 - A backup job can include multiple source directories
 - The configuration for each backup job is stored in independent configuration files
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 #About ZipSnapNG#

 #####Why ZipSnapNG?#####
-ZipSnapNG is an enhanced version of ZipSnap (http://zipsnap.sourceforge.net/).  
+ZipSnapNG is an enhanced version of ZipSnap (<http: zipsnap.sourceforge.net="">).  
 The code has been almost completely rewritten to introduce new features and leverage a different logic when backing up/restoring the data.

 #####License#####
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 All the versions of ZipSnapNG together with their changelog can be found from the following location: https://sourceforge.net/projects/zipsnapng/files

 #####Source Code#####
-The source code is available on GitHub at the following location: https://sourceforge.net/projects/zipsnapng/code
+The source code is available on GitHub at the following location: https://sourceforge.net/p/zipsnapng/code

 #####Online Manual#####
-The manual is available online at the following location: https://sourceforge.net/projects/zipsnapng/help
+The manual is available online at the following location: https://sourceforge.net/p/zipsnapng/help

 #####Known issues and Roadmap #####
 Known issues and accepted feature requests are listed at the following location: https://sourceforge.net/p/zipsnapng/tickets
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 #####Third Parties#####
 The following libraries are included in the package and are required by the program:
-- `Classmexer` (http://www.javamex.com/classmexer): to measure the memory usage of Java objects from within an application. The library is loaded only if a javaagent is provided by the ZipSnapNG script.
-- `Zip4j` (http://www.lingala.net/zip4j): to provide password-protected ZIP archives. The library has been customized to work with ZipSnapNG and specifically:
+- `Classmexer` (<http: www.javamex.com="" classmexer="">): to measure the memory usage of Java objects from within an application. The library is loaded only if a javaagent is provided by the init script.
+- `Zip4j` (<http: www.lingala.net="" zip4j="">): to provide password-protected ZIP archives. The library has been customized to work with ZipSnapNG and specifically:
     - closeEntry() to return a FileHeader - used to calculate compression ratio
     - setFileNameInZip() honored even if the input is not a stream - used to set a filename different than the original
     - setUncompressedSize() to set always the number of bytes read and not the original file size - used to save data slices of different size

About modified by user2684

user2684 — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:15:07 -0000