Bug#686669: ITP: duprepare -- Prepare system backup volume sources to be processed by duplicity

[Olivier Berger <olivier.berger@it-sudparis.eu>]

Hi.

Hossam Hammady <debian@hammady.net> writes:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Hossam Hammady <debian@hammady.net>
>
> * Package name    : duprepare
>   Version         : 0.1
>   Upstream Author : Hossam Hammady <debian@hammady.net>
> * License         : (GPL)
>   Programming Lang: (Bash)
>   Description     : Prepare backup volume sources to be processed by duplicity
>  duprepare prepares backup volume sources by creating an image
>  of files you need to backup. This image is then processed by
>  duplicity to push it to any backup target.
>
>  duplicity is a great program, however it is pain to prepare the backup image.
>
>  Using duprepare, you simply list all needed files and it will
>  take care of syncing them into the image. For complex tasks like
>  taking mysql database snapshots or ldap dumps, duprepare uses
>  custom scripts that will prepare the backup files and place
>  them into the backup image.
>

Just in case, how does it compare to backupninja, already in the
archive, which has a duplicity backend ?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,
-- 
Olivier BERGER 
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Ingenieur Recherche - Dept INF
Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis, Evry (France)