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| From | Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: freshly installed SW not found |
| Date | 2019-02-27 12:54 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <q55tpg$bp2$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <q541lh$bqc$1@dont-email.me> <op.zxt3esuga3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net> <q5499i$hg$1@dont-email.me> <q54c8q$fap$2@dont-email.me> |
On 26/02/19 22:49, William Unruh wrote: > 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. yes, that had just been done :) If I'll be to do manual updates, I'll store single tars with just modified items in such top-level folder > > >> >> >>> >>> 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 >> >>> >> >> -- 1) Resistere, resistere, resistere. 2) Se tutti pagano le tasse, le tasse le pagano tutti Soviet_Mario - (aka Gatto_Vizzato)
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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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