Commit e52122f6 authored by ben's avatar ben

Various Changes for 0.9.2. Mention of rdiff taken from README and

rdiff-backup.1


git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup@147 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109
parent 8069fb19
New in v0.9.2 (2022/06/24) New in v0.9.2 (2002/06/27)
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Interface directly with librsync(.a|.so) instead of running "rdiff"
command line utility. This can significant save fork()ing time when
processing lots of smallish files that have changed. Also, rdiff is
no longer required to be in the PATH.
Further speed optimizations, mostly reducing CPU consumption when
scanning through unchanged files.
Fixed Path bug which could caused globbing and regexp include/exclude Fixed Path bug which could caused globbing and regexp include/exclude
statements to malfunction when the base of the source directory was statements to malfunction when the base of the source directory was
"/" (root of filesystem). Thanks to Vlastimil Adamovsky for noting "/" (root of filesystem). Thanks to Vlastimil Adamovsky for noting
this bug. this bug.
Added quoting for spaces in directory_statistics file, hopefully
making it easier to parse.
New in v0.9.1 (2002/06/19) New in v0.9.1 (2002/06/19)
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...@@ -2,21 +2,20 @@ INSTALLATION: ...@@ -2,21 +2,20 @@ INSTALLATION:
Thank you for trying rdiff-backup. To install, run: Thank you for trying rdiff-backup. To install, run:
./setup.py install python setup.py install
The default prefix is /usr, so files are put in /usr/bin, The default prefix is /usr, so files are put in /usr/bin,
/usr/share/man/, etc. An alternate prefix can be specified using the /usr/share/man/, etc. An alternate prefix can be specified using the
--prefix=<prefix> option. For example: --prefix=<prefix> option. For example:
./setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local
REQUIREMENTS: REQUIREMENTS:
Remember that you must have Python 2.2 or later and librsync installed Remember that you must have Python 2.2 or later and librsync 0.9.5.1
(this means that "python" and "rdiff" should be in your path). To or later installed. To download, see http://www.python.org and
download, see http://www.python.org and http://sourceforge.net/projects/librsync/ respectively.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rproxy/ respectively.
For remote operation, rdiff-backup should be in installed and in the For remote operation, rdiff-backup should be in installed and in the
PATH on remote system(s) (see man page for more information). PATH on remote system(s) (see man page for more information).
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...@@ -18,16 +18,14 @@ rdiff-backup \- local/remote mirror and incremental backup ...@@ -18,16 +18,14 @@ rdiff-backup \- local/remote mirror and incremental backup
.SH DESCRIPTION .SH DESCRIPTION
.B rdiff-backup .B rdiff-backup
is a script, written in is a script, written in
.BR python (1) , .BR python (1)
that uses the that backs up one directory to another. The target directory ends up
.BR rdiff (1) a copy of the source directory, but extra reverse diffs are stored in
program to back up one directory to another. The target directory the target directory, so you can still recover files lost some time
ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra reverse diffs are ago. The idea is to combine the best features of a mirror and an
stored in the target directory, so you can still recover files lost incremental backup. rdiff-backup also preserves symlinks, special
some time ago. The idea is to combine the best features of a mirror files, hardlinks, permissions, uid/gid ownership (if it is running as
and an incremental backup. rdiff-backup also preserves symlinks, root), and modification times.
special files, hardlinks, permissions, uid/gid ownership (if it is
running as root), and modification times.
.B rdiff-backup .B rdiff-backup
can also operate can also operate
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