Print this page. Recommend
Slashdot it! Delicious Digg

Easy Backups with Flyback

TURNING BACK TIME

Author(s): FLORIAN EFFENBERGER

The rsync-based Flyback tool automatically creates snapshots of critical directories at regular intervals – and ordinary users can restore the backup with a few easy mouse clicks.

Anyone who regularly edits and stores multiple files on a PC will be familiar with a common problem: An important file gets lost, and the latest backup from the IT department is too old to preserve the recent changes. In this situation, the Flyback tool can help. Flyback shifts the responsibility for backups from the system administrator and puts it firmly in the user’s hands.


Read full article as PDF »


Comments


Print this page. Recommend
Slashdot it! Delicious Digg
Related Articles
AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Bringing Google applications to your desktop
CONNECTIONS Studies in Software as a Service
FRET FREE Django and the Django Software Foundation
USENIX SECURITY 2008 Researchers and practioners head to San Jose
MORE THAN MAIL GmailFS: Using a mail account as a filesystem
Wherever you go...

...Linux Magazine goes with you!

Check out the advantages of a Digital Subscription:

  • Access articles by downloading PDFs,
  • find the Linux solutions you need with an easy keyword search,
  • maintain your own paperless archive...

more...

 

In the US and Canada, Linux Magazine is known as Linux Pro Magazine.
Entire contents © 2008 [Linux New Media USA, LLC]
Linux New Media web sites:
North America: [Linux Pro Magazine]
UK/Worldwide: [Linux Magazine]
Germany: [Linux-Magazin] [LinuxUser] [EasyLinux] [Linux-Community] [Linux-Nachrichten] [Linux Events]
Eastern Europe: [Linux Magazine Poland] [Linux Community Poland] [Darmowe Programy Poland] [Open Source DVD Poland] [Linux Magazin Romania]
International: [Linux Magazine Brazil] [Linux Magazine Spanish]
Corporate: [Linux New Media AG]