luckyBackup

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Description:

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... a powerful, fast and reliable backup & sync tool

Home page: http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/

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gallery

screenshots: http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html
demo videos: http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/videos.html

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news - announcements

* 16 Mar 2014
Release of version 0.4.8

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awards - distinctions

* 03 August 2009
3rd place at the sourceforge community choice awards as a "best new project"

* 2008 - 2010
Highest rated application at kde-apps.org (still is one of the top 5 !!)

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features

* Backup data
* Support for multiple backup snapshots
* Synchronize folders
* Keep your data safe
* Simple / advanced option
* Exclude data from tasks
* Only include specific data
* Add/remove any rsync option
* Remote connections
* Execute other commands before or after a task
* Restore capability to any path
* Simulation mode
* Inlude only specific tasks and change the execution order
* Use of saved profiles (also import/export capability)
* Scheduling of tasks via cron
* email reports after a profile run
* logfiles
* Command line mode
* Tray notification support

for a detailed list of features please visit:
http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/features.html

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Donations

* no money
If you like this app and would like to donate something to me personally,
all you have to do is:
- Vote "good" here
- Become a fan
- Give a "thumbs up" at the sourceforge page (http://sourceforge.net/projects/luckybackup/reviews/)

This is my reward :)

* money
I personally never had and never will accept money for this project.
Nevertheless, I decided to use luckyBackup to support people that really need financial help.
So, please consider it seriously to donate money that will eventually be used for a good cause.
Donation link: http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/donate.html

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Wish you good, fast, reliable, safe and usable backups
(no matter if you use luckyBackup or not)

luckyb
:-)

Last changelog:

7 years ago

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Version 0.4.8 :
* Added option to disable TLS for email reports
* Added some (useful) statistics at the end of a profile run
* Added destination disk free space at information window
* Minor modifications to "modify task" dialog
* View of remote places is now available through the "manage backup" dialog
* Default email options are now loaded when a new profile is created
* Split of full email command to command & arguments
* Changed the default exclude "system folders" from "/dev /proc /sys /var" to "/dev /proc /sys /run /var/run"
* Safety checks of mount-points now include deeper levels in paths than /media// and /mnt//
* Added support for vss implementation (windows)
* Added support for nt-streams (windows)
* Added support for e-mail notifications (windows)
* Added various libs used for the windows port
* Fixed issue: When one or more items were manually removed from an existing schedule list, LB would delete entries from the bottom of the list instead, when the cronIT button is pressed.
* Fixed issue: Progress bar did not update normally
* Fixed issue: Segmentation fault under certain circumstances, when --skip-critical is used as an argument and there exists one or more actual CRITICAL tasks.
* Fixed issue: Confusion at task list when an item's box state changed.
* Fixed issue (windows): Warning message regarding the changes.log files during a run

for the complete changelog, please visit:
http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/changelog.html

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luckyb
12 years ago

hi Kenichi,

If you backup your / directory at super-user mode you can have a clone of your system at another location.
You just have to be careful to at least exclude /mnt & /media, preserve all data attributes & permissions, copy symlinks & hardlinks as they are and finally preserve devices & special files

Theoretically speaking and because of the fact that all atrributes of your data are the same, if you perform a restore operation you will end up with the initial system !!

I've never tried this so I cannot be 100% sure.

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Fri13
12 years ago

This is nice GUI for rsync.

I just give critic from one thing... this is Qt application and does not use KDE technologies. (thats why this should be moved to qt-apps.org :-()

Please make this application to use KDE technologies... color schema, icons, open/save dialoges etc.

If you could add one feature, this application would beat all.

When user right clicks directory/file what is included on profile, he gets a change to restore that file from backup. That is the feature what is missing from most Linux backup-applications.

1. Restore this directory > dates
2. Restore this file > dates
3. List files on this directory > dates (shows list of files on the last backup).

I dont think these "restore" feature is easy to do or it would be possible(?) but it would be very nice.

Great job otherwise!

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luckyb
12 years ago

fri13,
thank you for the nice words and the valuable feedback.

The "restore suggestions" are already in my to-do list.
It's not going to be implemented soon due to luck of time at this period of time, but it's a great idea and it will stay as a to-do item until done :-)

As far as the kde implementation is concerned you are right (not 100% though. Some kde functions are used). I will try to fully kde-develop in the future (with the exeption of the buttons - I like using my own :-)).
Until I figure out the exact project's policy (100% kde), I will temporarily leave it here. Maybe in the near future I will move it at qt-apps as you suggest (I hope that won't be too complicated ;-))

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linuxcolor
12 years ago

Super , great

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tryfan
12 years ago

I've been trying ver. 0.2 today, and it's just excellent! Very easy to handle, and extremely powerful.
The ability to be run from the command line is especially useful, but the UI is great as well.
Suddenly I understand why everybody's been talking about the power of rsync for all these years :)
Kudos to the author for writing this badly needed utility!

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Franksuse64
12 years ago

Are you saying there is no possibility to create cron schedules and leave cron automatically starting the jobs? Next version? Cool then. :)

Also, how can you enable/disable other rsync options? There is a lot of options/parameters in rsync, I don't see them all looking at the screenshots on the website. I think I use more of these parms, I will check my script.

Having those 2 above functions would certainly make it the best! :) Currently I create my own shell scripts with rsync parameters and safety checks parameters as well and schedule them in kcron. Would be easier to modify or create new with your app.

tnx!

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luckyb
12 years ago

The new version is almost ready.
What's left:
- Command line support (that looks cool at console)
- cron support
- ssh password support (I'm not sure if I manage to do this !!)

It's gonna include the most common rsync options as checkboxes, plus the ability to add your own :)

"Having those 2 above functions would certainly make it the best! :)"
...well you make me flush
:)

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Franksuse64
12 years ago

Plus the ability to add my own? Ok I didn't see that part! :) Now that is what I call customizing. :)

I'll wait for the cron version and I'll check that out. :) I am in no hurry, take your time, better to release a version with less bugs than release too quickly with a buch of bugs. :)

tnx for the work!

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luckyb
12 years ago

yeah, the screenshot is a bit old
new ideas pop up all the time while coding :)

anybody,
feel free to request any feature

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tryfan
12 years ago

I found the program easy to work with, as far as manual backups are concerned. Very flexible, and very fast.
But I haven't found out how to start it from the command line, so I could run it as a cron job. It doesn't seem to take any parameters. Or is it just me getting blind? :)

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luckyb
12 years ago

There's nothing wrong with you tryfan :)

There are no arguments via CLI.
You just type luckybackup and the gui appears.

Please be patient until the next version:
http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/todo.html

I indent to release it before Xmas (if I find the time !!).
new features coming:
- Scheduling via cron
- Support of single file or pattern backup
- Support for remote connections
- Ability to exclude files/folders/patterns

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deech
12 years ago

can somebody please package this for opensuse. I would love to try this as I still lack a decent GUI based backup solution... It seems like a very nice solution!

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luckyb
12 years ago

try the rpm, deech.
go to the homepage link for install instructions.

The packages are not meant to be for a specific distro.
For example Ubuntu users can install the .deb package

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deech
12 years ago

hi
it seems to work. I'll give it a try.
Thanks!

deech

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747419
12 years ago

openSUSE-packages of luckyBackup are available via the KDE4:Community-repository.

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BorgQueen
12 years ago

This looks like what I need. I have 2 internal and 2 external back up drives, plus a back up server in the cellar. All I do is copy (no active files or symlinks) to them. This would be perfect for automated backups right?

Thanks

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initlove
9 years ago

sorryforspam

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luckyb
12 years ago

just try it out !!

you will be amazed by the time it will take to make a huge backup (if run for the second time)

:-)

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BorgQueen
12 years ago

Will do lad. I'll let you know how it works tomorrow. I'm going to time a 240GB copy from sata to sata and sata to usb2.0, then I'll do it with your app for a time comparison. And yes, I'll do it twice with your app to take advantage of rsync lol.

Tomorrow then...

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