On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 03:00:28PM -0400, Bruno Bigras wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> pkg/DESCR
> Duplicity incrementally backs up files and directory by encrypting
> tar-format volumes with GnuPG and uploading them to a remote (or local)
> file server. Currently local, ftp, ssh/scp, rsync, WebDAV, WebDAVs, HSi
> and Amazon S3 backends are available. Because duplicity uses librsync,
> the incremental archives are space efficient and only record the parts
> of files that have changed since the last backup. Currently duplicity
> supports deleted files, full unix permissions, directories, symbolic
> links, fifos, etc., but not hard links.
> 
> The duplicity package also includes the rdiffdir utility. Rdiffdir is an
> extension of librsync's rdiff to directories---it can be used to produce
> signatures and deltas of directories as well as regular files. These
> signatures and deltas are in GNU tar format.
> 
> 
> Please test. Thanks.
> 
> Bruno

I used to use duplicity for backup on my FreeBSD boxes. I found it
unrealiable when it failed on me at a time when i badly needed to
recover some files. Lesson is learnt.

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