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  Re: Python backup programs? James Mills <prologic@shortcircuit.net.au> - 2011-05-11 09:57 +1000
    Re: Python backup programs? Laurent Claessens <moky.math@gmail.com> - 2011-05-11 08:45 +0200

#5087 — Re: Python backup programs?

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What are your favorite backup programs written, in whole or in part, in
> Python?
>
> What do you like about them?  Dislike about them?
>
> Are there any features you wish your backup program had, whether in Python
> or not?

Recently I wrote a simple backup system for a client using
a mixture of Python and Bash using rsync, ssh and pptp.

(Not packaged well enough to show source though)

It works very well and does the job.

cheers
James

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Le 11/05/2011 01:57, James Mills a écrit :
 > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Dan Stromberg<drsalists@gmail.com> 
wrote:
 >>
 >>  What are your favorite backup programs written, in whole or in part, in
 >>  Python?

My favorite one is the one I wrote myself for myself ;)

The point I like :

1. the backup is a simple copy. I can retrieve it without any specific 
programs.
2. if a file changed, before to be copied, the backup file is moved to a 
specific repertory
    whose name is the date and hour. So if I destroy a file and backup 
the destroyed one, the old
    non-destroyed one is still available.
3. Since the program is anyway performing a long os.walk operation, in 
the same time, it performs `git commit`
    in the directories that need it.
4. My program is command-line only. Works fine in tty

Points that are of no importance (very personal and adapted to my 
specific case !) :

1. time. One backup takes between 10 minutes and one hour. I don't 
really care.
2. space. Since my backup is a copy (and copy of copies), my backup 
directory takes ~150Go
    while my home is about 25 Go.

Hope it answer your question.

Have a nice day
Laurent

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