sysutils/flexbackup 1.2.1_8 DragonFly

Perl-based flexible backup system that can use dump/afio/cpio/tar

System: DragonFly
Repository: DPorts
Maintainer: [email protected] (as in FreeBSD)
License: GPLv2+
Categories: sysutils
Package size: 68.5 KiB, 260.2 KiB installed

Description

A flexible backup tool

Features: o Easy to configure o Uses dump, afio, GNU tar, cpio, pax, or zip archivers o Full and numbered levels of incremental backup (acts like "dump") o Compression and buffering options for all backup types o Does remote filesystems (over rsh/ssh; no special service) o Can backup only files not owned by rpm, or changed from rpm version o Writes to tapes, on-disk archive files, or on-disk directory trees o Keeps a table of contents so you know archives are on each tape o Nice log files

You can get additional information about remote backup strategies using SSH at http://www.sysfault.org/flexbackup.html

In the other systems

System

Port

Version

DragonFly

sysutils/flexbackup

1.2.1_8

FreeBSD

sysutils/flexbackup

1.2.1_8

Install

Binary package:

pkg install flexbackup

From DPorts:

cd /usr/dports/sysutils/flexbackup && make install clean

Dependencies

Run dependencies 2

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

No options to configure.

Service scripts: none

Message after installing

Flexbackup needs to have its configuration file placed in
/usr/local/etc.  A template copy of this configuration file
has been installed into

  /usr/local/etc/flexbackup.conf.sample

Please copy this file to

  /usr/local/etc/flexbackup.conf

Edit this file appropriately on all machines where you will
run flexbackup.

NOTE: The flexbackup.conf file will not be removed or overwritten
      by future package removals or upgrades once you have
      customized it.

Also see /usr/local/share/doc/flexbackup/README
for more information on how to use flexbackup. Man pages have
also been written and included in this version of the port!

===>   NOTICE:

The flexbackup port currently does not have a maintainer. As a result, it is
more likely to have unresolved issues, not be up-to-date, or even be removed in
the future. To volunteer to maintain this port, please create an issue at:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla

More information about port maintainership is available at:

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/contributing/#ports-contributing