On Fri, 2005-04-01 at 14:18 +0100, Lee Braiden wrote: > On Friday 01 April 2005 14:08, Eric van der Paardt wrote: > > I've been googling around looking for a good solution for this, before I > > begin to code one myself. > > > > Here is the scenario: Smallish company, using a NAS server, mounted via > > normal SMB shares. We have a smallish number of SUPER important files > > that are becoming corrupted now and again. These files are spread out > > over various files and directories, rather hither and dither. > > Sounds to me like you want differential backups rather than version control. > To me, version control includes things like management of versions, logging > what has changed and who changed it, etc. On the other hand, a differential > backup can check files on a daily basis (or more, or less) but still only > make a new backup if something changes from the last backup. > > "faubackup" would probably cover what you need fairly easily, providing a list > of backups by main folder and date in a backup directory. To me, it sounds like he does need some version control system. That way, he could determine if, for example, only 1 person is responsible for corrupting the files. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. NAMBLA - Nat'l Assoc of Marlon Brando Look-Alikes (Yes, it's a South Park reference.)
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