Projects within Backup

  • Amanda

    - Backs up multiple hosts to a single drive

  • Archive

    - Drag-and-drop multi-format archiver

  • Archmbox

    - Email archiver

  • Atool

    - Script for managing file archives

  • Backup Manager

    - A Program to automate system backups

  • Backup Shell

    - Shell for ssh

  • Backup2l

    - Manages backups

  • Backuper

    - Makes backups on CDs or DVDs

  • Backuppc

    - Backs up files to a server

  • Bloat

    - Analyses and extracts an archive's filename

  • CacheIt

    - PHP class to facilitate caching

  • Cedar Backup

    - Backs up files on local and remote hosts to CD-R or CD-RW media

  • Cpio

    - Archiver that handles various types of cpio and tar archives

  • DACT

    - Compresses files dynamically

  • DIAP

    - Distributed Internet Archiving Protocol

  • DIBS

    - Backup system

  • DKopp

    - a program used to copy or back-up disk files to DVD.

  • DirSync

    - A directory synchronizer.

  • Dump/Restore

    - The 'dump' and 'restore' functions

  • DupeFinder

    - Finds, moves, renames, and deletes duplicate files

  • Duplicity

    - Incremental backup tool

  • EMirror

    - Ftp mirror script

  • Easy Backup

    - is a simple backup application written in Python that can backup selected files and save them into tar files.

  • Fileprune

    - Automates file deletion

  • Filewatcher

    - Maintains a local file archive repository

  • Flexbackup

    - Backup tool for both local and remote files

  • GMail Archiver

    - Archives to a GMail account

  • GNOME Schedule

    - A system schedule maintenance tool.

  • GNU tar

    - Creates tar archives

  • GPRename

    - GUI batch file renamer

  • Gfslicer

    - Splits and joins files for removable media

  • Ghost for Linux

    - A hard disk and partition imaging/cloning tool using compression and FTP.

  • Gnochive

    - GUI frontend for multiple archivers

  • Grsync

    - A GTK GUI for rsync

  • Gzip_x86

    - 'gzip' distribution tuned for faster decompressing

  • Hdup

    - Filesystem backup tool

  • ImageBackup

    - Backup system for digital images

  • Info-ZIP- UnZip branch

    - Collection of archiving and compression tools

  • Karchiver

    - KDE utility for working with compressed files

  • LZMA Utils

    - gzip-like tool with a zlib-like library

  • LZO

    - Lossless data compression library

  • LZPX

    - LZPX is a fast and powerful file compressor.

  • LinuxLive

    - Set of scripts for creating a live CD

  • Lzip

    - a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm.

  • MTX

    - Controls tape drives and autoloaders

  • MagicRescue

    - Scans for and extracts certain files types

  • Mirmon

    - Monitors mirrors

  • Mondo Rescue

    - Disaster recovery suite

  • MultiCD

    - Backs up a large number of files to multiple CDs

  • Nomarch

    - Extracts files from the old .arc archive format

  • PHP Backup Maker

    - Backup utility

  • POT

    - Transparently persists almost any object tree

  • Paludis

    - A package management library and client that works with Gentoo style ebuilds.

  • Parchive

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  • Paxutils

    - Tool to manage file archives

  • RVM

    - Manages backups of multiple clients across multiple partitions

  • Rdiff-backup

    - Backs up one directory to another

  • Recovery Is Possible

    - CD or floppy boot/rescue/backup system

  • Relax and Recover

    - A disaster recovery framework.

  • Rsync Vault Manager

    - Automated multiple client backup manager

  • S tar

    - Very fast tar archiver

  • SPA

    - Archiving tool for Web pages

  • Safe-rm

    - prevents accidental deletions using a directory blacklist.

  • Snapshot

    - Scripts for maintaining a repository of directory snapshots

  • Squirrel-CFG

    - is a system that gathers files and saves them in a version management system.

  • Ssync

    - Filesystem synchronization utility

  • Stitch

    - Backup utility

  • Tapeback

    - Backup system

  • Taper

    - Backup application

  • Tart

    - Backup utility

  • TkDVD

    - GUI for growisofs (part of dvd+rw-tools)

  • USBSink

    - A GNOME program for file synchronization over USB.

  • Ukopp - incremental backup

    - used to copy or back-up disk files to a disk or disk-like device, such as a USB stick.

  • Wipe

    - Secure file wiping utility

  • Yakup

    - A tool for managing multi-level backups to fixed disk and removable CD/DVD media.

  • Yard

    - Scripts for creating rescue disks

  • Z

    - Frontend for compression utilities

  • Zdisk

    - Creates a boot/rescue floppy or CD

  • Zfec

    - an "erasure code", or "forward error correction code".

  • bacula

    - Backup management programs

  • bar

    - User backup utility

  • ccollect

    - An incremental full backup solution.

  • chpox

    - Tool for transparent checkpointing and restarting of processes

  • confstore

    - Configuration backup utility

  • core-restart

    - Checkpointing and restarting system

  • dar

    - Makes a backup of a directory tree and files

  • ddrescue

    - Data recovery tool

  • dobackup.pl

    - Automates unattended incremental backups of multiple servers

  • dtrx

    - Intelligently extract many archive types

  • dvdisaster

    - Helps recover unreadable sections on damaged disks

  • e

    - "is a command line utility that extracts lots of different archives.

  • ext2hide

    - A way to store files in the ext2 superblock free space.

  • g4u

    - Lets users clone hard disks by using FTP

  • glastree

    - Builds live backup trees with branches for each day

  • gzip

    - Compresses and decompresses files

  • iBackup

    - Automates backups

  • kBag

    - Synchronizes your documents between one computer and another.

  • konserve

    - Backup application for KDE 3

  • libzip

    - Library for manipulating zip archives

  • litetrash

    - Light-weight, portable trash can

  • mar

    - Stores meta and user data in a single file

  • mar7

    - mar7 is losless compression routine

  • midget

    - A small SMB-share based backup script for environments without administrators.

  • myrescue

    - Rescues still-readable data from a damaged hard-disk

  • offmirror

    - Offline mirroring tool

  • pcopy

    - Tool for large disk to disk copying

  • pdumpfs

    - Simple daily backup system

  • phpMyBackupPro

    - An OS-independent, easy-to-use MySQL backup tool.

  • rfs

    - Creates and updates a local spare system disk

  • rottlog

    - Replacement for Red Hat's 'logrotate.'

  • rsnapshot

    - Makes periodic snapshots of local machines and remote machines

  • rsync-incr

    - Performs automated, unattended, incremental, disk to disk backups

  • rsyncbackup

    - Schedules backups using rsync

  • rubyzip

    - Ruby module for reading and writing zip files

  • scdbackup

    - Simplified CD/DVD backup program

  • sdd

    - Replacement for 'dd'

  • sign

    - File signing and signature verification utility

  • simplebackup

    - Cross-platform backup program

  • storebackup

    - Disk to disk backup tool

  • syrep

    - Generic file repository synchronization tool

  • t337

    - fast binary compression

  • xfs

    - Journaling filesystem

  • xorriso

    - maps file objects
 
 

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