Re: [BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread dan
ahh! keyboard shortcuts are a mixed blessing! didnt mean to send it yet.here is the continuation > > >> >> > If you have even looked at the code for rsync, you will likely be >> infringing >> > on the GPL if you license this anything but GPL. >> >> This coud be true which is why I bought up

Re: [BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread dan
excuse me for arguing a few of these... On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:11 PM, David Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:34 PM, dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the rync algorythm is actually part of the GPL code released by Andrew > > Tridgell. > > Yes, it is, but you can not

Re: [BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread David Rees
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 7:11 PM, David Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:34 PM, dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> the rync algorythm is actually part of the GPL code released by Andrew >> Tridgell. > > Yes, it is, but you can not Copyright algorithms, and you can't > prote

Re: [BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread David Rees
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:34 PM, dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the rync algorythm is actually part of the GPL code released by Andrew > Tridgell. Yes, it is, but you can not Copyright algorithms, and you can't protect them from reverse engineering. You can patent an algorithm, but I know of no

[BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread dtktvu
Hmm, I see... Thanks very much for pointing that out. BTW, what do you mean by "You might run into some other problems if using GPL code in a C# environment if you are using shared libraries that are not GPL"? Thanks. +-- |T

Re: [BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread dan
the rync algorythm is actually part of the GPL code released by Andrew Tridgell. Like I said, GPL is viral. Tridgell released this algorythm as a part of rsync undel GPL so use of the exact algorythm requires a GPL license. You may reverse engineer the functionality but you cannot use the algory

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backupc_nightly doesn't clean pool

2008-11-19 Thread Craig Barratt
Cesar writes: > why cannot delete the pool? > 2008-11-19 01:00:00 Running 2 BackupPC_nightly jobs from 0..15 (out of 0..15) > 2008-11-19 01:00:00 Running BackupPC_nightly -m 0 127 (pid=16964) > 2008-11-19 01:00:00 Running BackupPC_nightly 128 255 (pid=16965) > 2008-11-19 01:00:00 Next wakeup is 2

[BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread dtktvu
We don't use rsync source code, but just the algorithms and interface to create the port (with some helps based on Kolosy's version). That's why it's still being discussed whether it should be open source or commercial... +-- |

Re: [BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread dan
this is true. rsync is GPL so this MUST be GPL because the GPL is viral. On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 5:33 PM, David Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:19 PM, dtktvu > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's still being discussed whether it's going to be open source or > commerci

Re: [BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread David Rees
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:19 PM, dtktvu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's still being discussed whether it's going to be open source or commercial. > Right now, looks like it's going to be free to download type... If you used the rsync source code to create the rsync .NET version, I think that you

[BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread dtktvu
It's still being discussed whether it's going to be open source or commercial. Right now, looks like it's going to be free to download type... The ability for remote server to specify what is backed up is still there, as well as local application can also specify its own OS-specific exclusion l

Re: [BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 dtktvu wrote: > Cool, > > Let us prepare an installation package as it also comes with a GUI allowing > you to configure files to be excluded/included from backup. > > Also, I forgot to mention, the program also has built in dd's (Disk > Duplicate,

[BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread dtktvu
Cool, Let us prepare an installation package as it also comes with a GUI allowing you to configure files to be excluded/included from backup. Also, I forgot to mention, the program also has built in dd's (Disk Duplicate, another well-known utility from UNIX) functionalities, allowing you to b

[BackupPC-users] Backupc_nightly doesn't clean pool

2008-11-19 Thread Cesar Voulgaris
hi, I'm backing up several servers in a 500 Gb disk (with a max percentage usage of 95%). sometimes the disk gets full up to 98% and I delete some backups from /var/lib/backuppc/pc/#backupdir. The backups directory get deleted but the Backupc_nightly job doesn't clean up the cpool when it runs aft

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC DR Replication

2008-11-19 Thread Andrew Libby
Greetings, I've been running BackupPC for a few months. I'm now thinking of disaster recover strategy. My initial thought is to replicate (via rsync) the BackupPC configs and data to another server. This server would not actively run BackupPC jobs, but I would like to be able to restore from

Re: [BackupPC-users] Rsyncd on XP

2008-11-19 Thread Rob Poe
Eric Snyder wrote: >> I was having problems with SMB on XP pro so have shifted gears and am >> trying Rsyncd. I ran a full backup of the cDrive setup. The problem is >> that I am using a backup user I created that is part of the user group >> "Backup Operators". I do get files backed up but... T

Re: [BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread Rob Poe
I'd like to take a look at this. Is this going to be released under the GPL as RSYNC is? dtktvu wrote: > Hi, > > Based on the source from Kolosy (http://www.kolosy.com/wordpress/?p=8 ), we > have continued the journey and successully ported Rsync to C# (protocol 28 ). > So far, the program has

Re: [BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread Doug Lytle
James Sefton wrote: > We would be very interested. :) > I would as well. Doug -- Ben Franklin quote: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

Re: [BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-11-19 Thread James Sefton
We would be very interested. :) -Original Message- From: dtktvu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 November 2008 05:00 To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync Hi, Based on the source from Kolosy (http://www.kolosy.com/wordpress/

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Working Well - Except Archiving

2008-11-19 Thread jkewley
Craig Barratt Wrote > > From: Craig Barratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/11/18 Tue PM 09:57:39 GMT > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: "backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net" > > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Working Well - Except Archiving > > SamK writes: > >