Re: freshly installed SW not found

From	William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux
Subject	Re: freshly installed SW not found
Date	2019-02-26 21:49 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 2019-02-26, Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> wrote:
> On 26/02/19 20:36, David W. Hodgins wrote:
>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:47:45 -0500, Soviet_Mario 
>> <SovietMario@cccp.mir> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi, I came across a program claiming to be able to do
>>> exactly what I was looking for (a backup on a per-Directory
>>> basis, maintaining the hierarchy structure).
>>> The SW is called : awit-dbackup  (Site :
>>> https://wiki.dbackup.org/)
>>> I installed it from Synaptic.
>>> But It neither shows up in any menu nor it is elsewhere on
>>> the paths (from shell no cmd line executes).
>>> Where is it and how to run it ?
>>> It seemed a GUI sw from the descriptio, but in case of doubt
>>> how to assess that ?
>>> TY
>>> (ah, I use Debian Stretch 9)
>> 
>> Easy to check. Download the source from
>> https://gitlab.devlabs.linuxassist.net/awit-dbackup/awit-dbackup/-/archive/master/awit-dbackup-master.tar.bz2 
>> 
>> Then unpack it and check.
>> 
>> It does not have a gui interface. It's a perl script called 
>> dbackup that
>> is installed to /usr/sbin (so normally you'd have to be root 
>> to run it,
>> as is true for most backup/restore programs).
>
> true. In fact I had to "sudo" it and moreover I notice It 
> owns the target folders as root.
>
> I don't know perl (and it has a bad fame to be difficult and 
> little readabla), but later I'll inspect the scripts to see 
> if the logic is evident.
>
> I'd like to rename the default zipped containers, as 
> Original_folder_name__datetime_signature or sth that avoids 
> mixing by mistake. But this in the rosiest dream :)

At least put in a file into the top level with its name being the date
and time, so you can figure out which backup it is. 
The date and time on the file will tell you when it was created
but that can change by accident too easily.


>
>
>> 
>> It uses command line options (shown by dbackup --help) and a 
>> file called
>> dbackup.conf to run tar and a selected compression program 
>> to backup
>> or restore the files.
>> 
>> The --help output and the comments in the sample config file 
>> appear to
>> be the only documentation on how to use it.
>> 
>> It hasn't been updated since 2015, though if it works, that 
>> doesn't matter.
>> 
>> There are a lot of backup programs, some with gui. I've 
>> tried quite a few
>> at various times, but ended up just using rsync to a set of 
>> removable
>> hard drives.
>
> this one seems to be a fore-answer to a question I asked 
> long ago. I wanted to clone an empty folder tree, and put 
> every "direct" files children in one container per folder.
> And this makes exactly this.
> So I'll never ever have to wait hours to load huge header 
> table for huge single compressed backups and take advantage 
> of being familiar with the tree to make fast search. Also 
> restoring seems much more easy in semi-manual mode.
>
>> 
>> For the programs with a gui, the destination for the backup 
>> (local hard
>> disk, optical disc(s), remote system using ssh, etc. becomes 
>> important.
>> 
>> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>
> TY, and tnx also to Wildman
>
>> 
>
>

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freshly installed SW not found Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-02-26 19:47 +0100
  Re: freshly installed SW not found "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-02-26 20:28 +0100
    Re: freshly installed SW not found Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-02-26 21:51 +0100
      Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-26 21:46 +0000
        Re: freshly installed SW not found Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-02-27 12:52 +0100
          Re: freshly installed SW not found Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-02-27 12:44 +0000
            Re: freshly installed SW not found Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-02-27 13:27 +0000
            Re: freshly installed SW not found Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-02-27 15:16 +0000
            Re: freshly installed SW not found Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-02-27 16:59 +0100
              Re: freshly installed SW not found Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-02-27 16:02 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-02-27 20:46 +0100
                Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-27 20:18 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-02-28 12:47 +0100
                Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-28 18:32 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-03-01 01:14 +0100
                Re: freshly installed SW not found "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-03-01 01:54 +0100
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2019-03-01 03:09 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-02-27 20:21 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-27 23:02 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2019-02-27 23:24 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2019-02-28 04:46 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-02-28 10:59 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-02-28 18:51 +0100
                Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-28 18:24 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-03-01 13:49 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-03-01 18:22 +0100
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-03-01 19:06 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-03-03 01:08 +0100
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-03-03 00:14 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-03-03 13:00 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-03-03 12:46 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-28 18:15 +0000
              Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-27 16:38 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-02-27 20:51 +0100
              Re: freshly installed SW not found Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2019-02-28 04:39 +0000
        Re: freshly installed SW not found "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-02-27 14:30 +0100
      Re: freshly installed SW not found "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-02-27 07:05 +0100
      Re: freshly installed SW not found "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-02-27 14:29 +0100
        Re: freshly installed SW not found Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-02-27 08:50 -0500
          Re: freshly installed SW not found "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-02-28 00:05 +0100
        Re: freshly installed SW not found Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-02-27 16:56 +0100
        Re: freshly installed SW not found Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2019-03-01 14:58 +0000
      Re: freshly installed SW not found Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2019-03-01 15:04 +0000
        Re: freshly installed SW not found "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-03-01 10:50 -0500
          Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-03-01 18:40 +0000
            Re: freshly installed SW not found "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-03-01 14:40 -0500
              Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-03-01 23:38 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-03-01 19:09 -0500
                Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-03-02 03:47 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-03-01 22:55 -0500
                Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-03-02 07:08 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-03-02 11:27 +0100
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-03-02 04:10 -0500
                Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-03-02 16:29 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-03-02 11:54 -0500
                Re: freshly installed SW not found "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-03-02 11:24 +0100
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2019-03-02 00:28 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-03-02 11:31 +0100
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-03-02 11:31 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-03-02 11:34 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-03-02 11:48 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-03-02 12:15 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-03-02 23:15 +0100
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> - 2019-03-03 00:33 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-03-03 01:38 +0100
                Compressed filesystems [Was: Re: freshly installed SW not found] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-03-03 13:11 +0100
                Re: Compressed filesystems [Was: Re: freshly installed SW not found] Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-03-03 19:49 +0100
                Re: Compressed filesystems [Was: Re: freshly installed SW not found] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-03-03 21:17 +0100
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-03-03 12:49 +0000
                Re: freshly installed SW not found Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2019-03-03 12:35 +0000
            Re: freshly installed SW not found "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-03-02 11:22 +0100
  Re: freshly installed SW not found Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2019-02-26 13:31 -0600
    Re: freshly installed SW not found Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2019-02-26 15:42 -0600
      Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-26 21:51 +0000
  Re: freshly installed SW not found "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-02-26 14:36 -0500
    Re: freshly installed SW not found Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-02-26 21:58 +0100
      Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-26 21:49 +0000
        Re: freshly installed SW not found Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-02-27 12:54 +0100
  Re: freshly installed SW not found William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-02-26 19:51 +0000

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