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    Backup software, questions about Keep or recommend other

    I installed Keep backup software:

    1. Where can I find help?
    2. It sets intervals but what time of day does it run?
    3. In final Edit screen there is a check box to "Exclude Special Files". What does this mean?
    4. Is Keep widely recommended?

    Thanks!
    KDE neon LTS 5.12

    #2
    Re: Backup software, questions about Keep or recommend other

    1. I'd start here: http://jr.falleri.free.fr/keep/wiki/Home

    2&3. I haven't used Keep in a while; I've opted for the more manual rsync program because I don't need any time-synching. When I was using it, I found it to do pretty much what I wanted it to do and that's why I've recommended it.

    4. I'll leave it up to others on this forum to bring up different backup programs.

    If, after reading the documentation, you still have questions or your needs aren't satisfied by the software, I'd recommend expanding a bit on what you're looking for from a backup program so that others can help you. Let us know!
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      #3
      Re: Backup software, questions about Keep or recommend other

      Hm...

      I guess I should've actually looked at that site. In addition to the lack of documentation in the program itself, I can no longer endorse this software; it's just too unspoken-for.

      I'm looking at kde-forum and it seems like kdar, the KDE front-end for dar is preferred among users.

      So, give it a shot? Report back.

      If you can do without the KDE front-end, rsync really is pretty powerful.
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        #4
        Re: Backup software, questions about Keep or recommend other

        Backintime seems to work quite well also

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          #5
          Re: Backup software, questions about Keep or recommend other

          trying rsync since it is preinstalled and I need a solution that is not hard on cpu/ram.

          still testing
          my statement seems to do a cp. the exclude statement just won't work

          I want the Books directory and all of its contents copied to EEE_BackUp but I want to exclude the temp directory and all of its contents.

          Code:
          rsync -aHubv --delete --exclude=/home/ger11/Books/temp/ /home/ger11/Books /media/SD_BACKUP/EEE_BackUp
          I have tried many variations of syntax and I have run out of steam.

          can you see what is wrong with it?

          thx
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            #6
            Re: Backup software, questions about Keep or recommend other

            Note also that the --include and --exclude options take one pattern each.
            To add multiple patterns use the --include-from and --exclude-from options
            or multiple --include and --exclude options.

            The patterns can take several forms. The rules are:

            # if the pattern ends with a / then it will only match a directory, not a file,
            link or device.
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              #7
              Re: Backup software, questions about Keep or recommend other

              thanks snowhog
              but my exclude clause does end with a slash to indicate I want the directory excluded. So why does it still copy anyway?
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                #8
                Re: Backup software, questions about Keep or recommend other

                got it

                I don't to re-qualify the full path

                the exclude stmt looks in the source path for the excluded pattern

                so what's working is:

                rsync -aHubv --delete --exclude=temp/ /home/ger11/Books /media/SD_BACKUP/EEE_BackUp

                I think this looks for ANY directory called temp and that is okay by me

                wow, rsync is very powerful. now to get cron to work...
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