RoboShot

Powershell script that uses Robocopy and Hardlinks for creating backup snapshots on local partitions (NTFS) or remote shares (NTFS, Samba) just like the famous Rsnapshot

Features

Powershell script which tries to clone the features of Rsnapshot with Windows built-in routines
Works on local partitions (NTFS) and remote shares (NTFS, Samba)
Uses ROBOCOPY.EXE for the copying jobs
Copies only new and changed files to the backup repository
Unchanged files are 'hard linked'
Windows XP: local backups (internal, usb) -- FSUTIL.EXE
Windows 7: local backups (internal, usb) -- MKLINK
Windows XP + 7: remote backups -- LN.EXE
Tested on Windows XP SP3 32 bit and Windows 7 32/64 bit
When using on remote shares make sure the filesystem supports hard links
Saves you a lot of storage capacity
IMPORTANT: --->README.TXT

Project Samples

Call from Powershell command line with interval daily

Call with parameter '-h' to get help text

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Windows

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, System Administrators, End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Console/Terminal

Registered

2010-02-24

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