Rdiff-backup

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Rdiff-backup

https://rdiff-backup.net/
Backs up one directory to another

'rdiff-backup' combines the features of a mirror and an incremental backup by backing up one directory to another. The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra reverse diffs are stored in a special directory so you can recover files lost some time ago. 'rdiff-backup' operates in a space- and bandwidth- efficient manner over a pipe (like rsync): you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back up to a remote location, and only the differences get transmitted. It also handles symlinks, device files, permissions, ownership, etc., so it can be used on the entire file system.

Download

https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/archive/refs/tags/v2.2.2.tar.gz

version 2.2.2 (stable)
released on 28 December 2022

VCS Checkout

git clone https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.git

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Programming-language:python
• Runs-on:GNU/Linux
• Runs-on:Windows
• Runs-on:BSD
• Runs-on:OS X
• System-administration:backup
• Use:system-administration

Licensing

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License

GPLv2orlater

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Genium

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27 December 2022

Notes

https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/blob/master/COPYING

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Otto Kekäläinen	Maintainer

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
History	Developer	https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/rdiff-backup
Wikidata	Homepage	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18326509
Debian	Developer	https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/rdiff-backup
Python	Developer	https://pypi.org/project/rdiff-backup
	Mailing List Info/Archive	https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users
GitHub	VCS Repository Webview	https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup
Support	E-mail	mailto:rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org

Software prerequisites

Kind	Description
Source requirement	librsync 1.0.0 or later
Required to use	SSH for remote operations
Required to use	pyxattr (optional, to support extended attributes)
Source requirement	Python 3.5 or later
Required to use	pylibacl (optional, to support ACLs)

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 29 December 2022.

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