Bug#686669: ITP: duprepare -- Prepare system backup volume sources to be processed by duplicity
Hi.
Hossam Hammady <hammady@gmail.com> writes:
> I didn't know about backupninja before. Basically it is the same idea, however, duprepare does both backup and restore.
> With backupninja backups are stored on backup volumes, with no easy way to restore them.
> With duprepare there are 3 scripts: duprepare-backup, duprepare-restore and duprepare-cleanup. The restore script reverses everything (copying all files back and running custom scripts with different modes) so that your system is back exactly the same way.
> There is a famous saying "your backup is totally useless if you
> haven't tried restoring it at least once", or something similar.
Indeed, hence my attempt to add a few more commands like verifying the status of
the backup sets : https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/2591
> Anyway, thanks for telling me about backupninja.
>
You're very much welcome.
Best regards,
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Olivier BERGER
http://www-public.it-sudparis.eu/~berger_o/ - OpenPGP-Id: 2048R/5819D7E8
Ingenieur Recherche - Dept INF
Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis, Evry (France)
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