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author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Tue Mar 31 09:19:52 2020 +0100 (2020-03-31) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/boxbackup-client/description.txt Tue Mar 31 09:19:52 2020 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ 1.4 +BoxBackup Client (bbackupd) 1.5 + 1.6 +BoxBackup is designed to be easy to set up and run, and cheap to use. 1.7 +Once set up, there should be no need for user or administrative 1.8 +intervention, apart from usual system maintenance. 1.9 + 1.10 +bbackupd is configured with a list of directories to back up. It has a 1.11 +lazy approach to backing up data. Every so often, the directories are 1.12 +scanned, and new data is uploaded to the server. 1.13 + 1.14 +The daemon is always running, although sleeping most of the time. In 1.15 +lazy mode, it is completely self contained - scripts running under cron 1.16 +jobs are not used. 1.17 + 1.18 +If an old version of the file is present on the server, a modified 1.19 +version of the rsync algorithm is used to upload only the changed 1.20 +portions of the file. 1.21 + 1.22 +After a new version is uploaded, the old version is still available 1.23 +(subject to disc space on the server). Similarly, a deleted file is 1.24 +still available. The only limit to their availability is space allocated 1.25 +to this account on the server.