Re: [BackupPC-users] IPv6 support

2011-03-17 Thread Timothy J Massey
Tod Detre tod.de...@maine.edu wrote on 03/16/2011 04:41:05 PM: I'd have to look at the rest of the code, but if gethostbyname fails, and if you remove the nmb stuff, you're left with a hostname. The question is, does the rest of the code work with a host name string rather than an IP

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-17 Thread Michael Stowe
Les, I'm not about to read source, as have no time for that. If this is not intuitive or the docs can not explain it, then I need another tool as I'm rushed to get this done yesterday. Thanks! OMR I can't be bothered to learn or do things, either! Why doesn't somebody just make free

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-17 Thread Joe Konecny
On 3/17/2011 11:03 AM, hans...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:29 PM, OldManRiver backuppc-fo...@backupcentral.com wrote: I'm not about to read source, as have no time for that. If this is not intuitive or the docs can not explain it, then I need another tool as I'm rushed to

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-17 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/17/2011 10:05 AM, Michael Stowe wrote: Les, I'm not about to read source, as have no time for that. If this is not intuitive or the docs can not explain it, then I need another tool as I'm rushed to get this done yesterday. I can't be bothered to learn or do things, either! Why

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC archive fails

2011-03-17 Thread Alexandre Joly
Hi, I have a big host that is backed up using BackupPC. It has 456.21GB of data actually. I want to off-site this data using the archive method to removable USB disk. Until recently, that was not a big deal. The archive process would take up to 45 hours to complete. Data has grown to the

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-17 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/17/2011 10:12 AM, Joe Konecny wrote: I'm not claiming I can explain the solution to his problem but this is a good example of why microsoft is so successful. MS has MVP's (most valuable professional's) (and they aren't necessarily on ms's payroll) that hang out in forums and

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-17 Thread Joe Konecny
On 3/17/2011 1:50 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On 3/17/2011 10:12 AM, Joe Konecny wrote: I'm not claiming I can explain the solution to his problem but this is a good example of why microsoft is so successful. MS has MVP's (most valuable professional's) (and they aren't necessarily on ms's

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-17 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/17/2011 1:05 PM, Joe Konecny wrote: 2. In my experience I have found that quite a few proprietary products work better than the open source equivalent. Don't get me wrong... I love open source and use quite a bit of it. Firefox, Thunderbird, Openoffice, Hylafax, Linux, FreeBSD, Samba,

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-17 Thread Joe Konecny
On 3/17/2011 2:49 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On 3/17/2011 1:05 PM, Joe Konecny wrote: 2. In my experience I have found that quite a few proprietary products work better than the open source equivalent. Don't get me wrong... I love open source and use quite a bit of it. Firefox, Thunderbird,

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-17 Thread Timothy Murphy
Les Mikesell wrote: There should be no need to read source, though. Absolutely. Anyone who says you should read the source to find out how to use a program is talking nonsense. The only time this could possibly make sense is if the program is not running properly. Just pick which xfer type

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Basics

2011-03-17 Thread Joe Konecny
On 3/17/2011 7:51 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: Joe Konecny wrote: I'm not claiming I can explain the solution to his problem but this is a good example of why microsoft is so successful. MS has MVP's (most valuable professional's) (and they aren't necessarily on ms's payroll) that hang out in