On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Robert Nichols <rnicholsnos...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On 12/05/2016 04:01 AM, Frank Crawford wrote: > >> On Sun, 2016-12-04 at 08:58 -0600, Robert Nichols wrote: >> >>> I really want to look into SafeKeep <http://safekeep.sourceforge.net/> >>> as an alternative, but I haven't had a chance to do that. >>> >>> However, SafeKeep uses rdiff-backup under the covers, it is just we have >> spent a lot of time trying to optimise the options that we pass to >> rdiff-backup. >> > > I guess I can scratch that off my todo list, then. I find it astounding > that anyone would build a new tool around a product that has been > unsupported for over 7 years now. > > Mostly because the alternative to rdiff-backup are worst. Even if rdiff-backup has some bugs, is old and stagnant, it's more robust then many other backup tool for Linux. We did our homework here and rdiff-backup was the best tool for our needs. The best thing we can do is maintain rdiff-backup and fix the bugs we are facing from time to time. -- > Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. > Do NOT delete it. > > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBac > kupWiki >
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