luckyBackup

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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

* 12 Mar 2012
Release of version 0.4.7

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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
:-)

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Version 0.4.7 :
* Introduced compatibility for the windows port
* Improved OS2 compatibility for snapshots
* Added option to compress the logfile before sending it via e-mail
* Added next/previous error buttons at commands output window
* Added feature to backup profile, log and snapshot data to the destination after a task run
* Added protection rule: Exclude list is disabled when user selects "only include", to avoid confusion
* Added a "repeat-on-fail" feature for running tasks
* Added "quite mode" during run, to only display errors and important messages
* Added the ".gvfs" folder as an exclude template
* Added "--super" and "--numeric-ids" as command options templates
* Added option to schedule profile runs on an hourly basis
* Changed the global settings file from Qvariant to simple text
* Changed the schedule file from Qvariant to simple text
* Changed the profile import/export feature so that logs and snapshot data are included too
* Fixed issue: email feature sent the oldest logfile instead of the newest one
* Fixed issue: email feature reported "process timeout"
* Fixed various issues when spaces are used at a remote path
* Fixed issue: Creation of the snapshot directory at a remote destination when the max No. of snapshots was not reached
* Fixed issue: wrong snapshot directory name when remote source was used
* Updated manual

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