On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:47, RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN <[email protected]>wrote:

> Thank you for your reply
>
> Adjust the command line to work with FreeBSD not sure how to go about this?
> I presume editing the config.pl script any hints? I checked that
> /usr/bin/tar exits and wounder why would the FreeBSD package maintainers not
> include a working configuration file, or include gnu tar as a dependency if
> it is required to work.  Don't get me wrong i love BSD, but why do they make
> everything so difficult for us.  I am sure it is just me as backuppc is in
> the ports so most must have it working right?
>
> Does anyone have backuppc working on FreeBSD with tar? maybe i should
> forget tar and move on to rsync or something?  This is just the localhost
> wondering how difficult it will be to backup remote machines.
>
> Please help or at least let me know if anyone has Backppc working on
> FreeBSD
>
>
BackupPC works on FreeBSD - I have tested it severally.
I always used the "latest" bleeding edge versions for tests anyway. I have
it installed and running, but not in production - because I use other means
to backup. Mine was a PoC test and it worked.



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