From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Stephen R. van den Berg" Subject: Re: [Announce] bup 0.09: git-based backup system for really huge datasets Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:51:29 +0100 Message-ID: <20100211135129.GA2988@cuci.nl> References: <32541b131002091448o6f809322x1d86d2d7f74a80ed@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Git Mailing List To: Avery Pennarun X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Feb 11 14:51:49 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NfZSO-0002ZF-6y for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:51:48 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754195Ab0BKNvj (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:51:39 -0500 Received: from aristoteles.cuci.nl ([212.125.128.18]:59003 "EHLO aristoteles.cuci.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751890Ab0BKNvi (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:51:38 -0500 Received: by aristoteles.cuci.nl (Postfix, from userid 500) id 1435B543A; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:51:29 +0100 (CET) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <32541b131002091448o6f809322x1d86d2d7f74a80ed@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Avery Pennarun wrote: >bup is a file backup tool based on the git packfile format. If you're >interested in git, you might find bup interesting because: Interesting concept. It has some killer features which make it a good competitor to any of the existing solutions. The only obvious thing missing for unattended backup-operation is a way to purge specific or old backups. -- Sincerely, Stephen R. van den Berg.