Backup (kde Keep) intervals?

I would like to use the kde backup facility (which is based on
rdiff-backup, and presumably, also something like cron) I think, since
it looks absolutely *ideal* for my needs.

I installed Keep, (version 0.3.0, using kde 3.4.2 level b suse 10.0)
from the guru repository ok and Keep appears to run, but I have a lot of
trouble putting any trust into it (!) because it seems to be backing up
each *hour* rather than each day, as configured. In fact in the Keep gui
there does not seem to be a facilty to backup hourly, anyway.

Looking at rdiff-backup as a non expert, I see that the interval is not
apparently a difficult thing to set. So I am dismayed that Keep is
apparently giving such strange behaviour in a basic parameter.

Am I doing something incorrectly - is anyone else using Keep and finding
it is OK?

tia
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ac

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:28:50 GMT
ac <"aec$news"@candt.waitrose.com> wrote:

> I would like to use the kde backup facility (which is based on
> rdiff-backup, and presumably, also something like cron) I think, since
> it looks absolutely *ideal* for my needs.
>
> I installed Keep, (version 0.3.0, using kde 3.4.2 level b suse 10.0)
> from the guru repository ok and Keep appears to run, but I have a lot
> of trouble putting any trust into it (!) because it seems to be
> backing up each *hour* rather than each day, as configured. In fact
> in the Keep gui there does not seem to be a facilty to backup hourly,
> anyway.
>
> Looking at rdiff-backup as a non expert, I see that the interval is
> not apparently a difficult thing to set. So I am dismayed that Keep is
> apparently giving such strange behaviour in a basic parameter.
>
> Am I doing something incorrectly - is anyone else using Keep and
> finding it is OK?
>

I just installed it and setup a test backup. I'll keep an eye on it and
see if get the same results as you . . .


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Linux 2.6.13-15.10-default
10:57pm up 47 days 3:44, 12 users, load average: 0.10, 0.26, 0.24

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:58:42 GMT
Kevin Nathan <knathan@project54.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:28:50 GMT
> ac <"aec$news"@candt.waitrose.com> wrote:
>
> > I would like to use the kde backup facility (which is based on
> > rdiff-backup, and presumably, also something like cron) I think,
> > since it looks absolutely *ideal* for my needs.
> >
> > I installed Keep, (version 0.3.0, using kde 3.4.2 level b suse 10.0)
> > from the guru repository ok and Keep appears to run, but I have a
> > lot of trouble putting any trust into it (!) because it seems to be
> > backing up each *hour* rather than each day, as configured. In fact
> > in the Keep gui there does not seem to be a facilty to backup
> > hourly, anyway.
> >
> > Looking at rdiff-backup as a non expert, I see that the interval is
> > not apparently a difficult thing to set. So I am dismayed that Keep
> > is apparently giving such strange behaviour in a basic parameter.
> >
> > Am I doing something incorrectly - is anyone else using Keep and
> > finding it is OK?
> >
>
> I just installed it and setup a test backup. I'll keep an eye on it
> and see if get the same results as you . . .
>

Sorry for the long delay in reporting results. I seem to get the same
as you . . .


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Linux 2.6.13-15.10-default
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Kevin Nathan wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:58:42 GMT
> Kevin Nathan <knathan@project54.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:28:50 GMT
> > ac <"aec$news"@candt.waitrose.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to use the kde backup facility (which is based on
> > > rdiff-backup, and presumably, also something like cron) I think,
> > > since it looks absolutely *ideal* for my needs.
> > >
> > > I installed Keep, (version 0.3.0, using kde 3.4.2 level b suse 10.0)
> > > from the guru repository ok and Keep appears to run, but I have a
> > > lot of trouble putting any trust into it (!) because it seems to be
> > > backing up each *hour* rather than each day, as configured. In fact
> > > in the Keep gui there does not seem to be a facilty to backup
> > > hourly, anyway.
> > >
> > > Looking at rdiff-backup as a non expert, I see that the interval is
> > > not apparently a difficult thing to set. So I am dismayed that Keep
> > > is apparently giving such strange behaviour in a basic parameter.
> > >
> > > Am I doing something incorrectly - is anyone else using Keep and
> > > finding it is OK?
> > >
> >
> > I just installed it and setup a test backup. I'll keep an eye on it
> > and see if get the same results as you . . .
> >
>
> Sorry for the long delay in reporting results. I seem to get the same
> as you . . .
>
Thanks Kevin.


Someone on another list, non suse I think, also said they got the same
results.

It would be a good project for a student maybe, to sort it? It cannot be
too complex....... And the app would find many users, with kde being so
widely used.
Fingers crossed.

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ac

On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:41:13 GMT
ac <"aec$news"@candt.waitrose.com> wrote:

> Someone on another list, non suse I think, also said they got the same
> results.
>
> It would be a good project for a student maybe, to sort it? It cannot
> be too complex....... And the app would find many users, with kde
> being so widely used.
> Fingers crossed.

I wish I had the time to look into it a bit more -- but I'm so far
behind in my projects right now that I am not sure I will ever get
caught up! ;-)


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Linux is not a destination, it's a journey -- enjoy the trip!

Linux 2.6.13-15.10-default
8:32pm up 7 days 13:10, 12 users, load average: 0.52, 0.24, 0.15

Kevin Nathan wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:41:13 GMT ac <"aec$news"@candt.waitrose.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Someone on another list, non suse I think, also said they got the
>> same results.
>>
>> It would be a good project for a student maybe, to sort it? It
>> cannot be too complex....... And the app would find many users,
>> with kde being so widely used. Fingers crossed.
>
> I wish I had the time to look into it a bit more -- but I'm so far
> behind in my projects right now that I am not sure I will ever get
> caught up! ;-)

thanks
I see that Keep has a bug registered:

129840 keep backups too often keep general normal UNCONFIRMED

In my opinion it is quite serious because I need a backup app to be
reliable and predictable.
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ac