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Hello,

I need an application to back up my files and can copy only files that have been modified.

I tried backintime but when detects a change makes a complete copy.

What GUI application you can recommend?

Thank you.

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On 2011-10-07 21:36, jony127 wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I need an application to back up my files and can copy only files that
> have been modified.

rsync or derivatives. rdiff-backup or rsnapshot.

> What GUI application you can recommend?

GUI? None.

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On 2011-10-07 22:03, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> rsync or derivatives. rdiff-backup or rsnapshot.

Or perhaps Dirvish.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

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On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:36:03 +0000, jony127 wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I need an application to back up my files and can copy only files that
> have been modified.
>
> I tried backintime but when detects a change makes a complete copy.
>
> What GUI application you can recommend?
>
> Thank you.

I’d second the recommendation of rsync, but don’t know if there’s a GUI
for it (though there probably is).

If you want to create backups (rather than just copying files from one
directory to another), take a look at dar and it’s frontends.

Jim

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Hi
gadmin-rsync is one… it use to be packaged.
http://gadmintools.flippedweb.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Then there is duplicity (and duply, one of my packages in 12.1 and
maintained in utilities).
http://duplicity.nongnu.org/
http://duply.net/

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I use Unison(has GUI)

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grsync is an rsync GUI.

It can be found here: Index of /repositories/openSUSE:/11.4:/Contrib/standard

More info and a copule of screen shots here: Grsync - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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On 10/07/2011 12:36 PM, jony127 was rumored to have said:
>
> Hello,
>
> I need an application to back up my files and can copy only files that
> have been modified.
>
> I tried backintime but when detects a change makes a complete copy.
>
> What GUI application you can recommend?
>
> Thank you.
>
>

I use LuckyBackup which uses rsync as a backend. Has a pretty good UI in
my opinion.

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in addition to the excellent advice given already… you might check out this link:

syncBackup Qt-Apps.org

i can’t recommend it because i haven’t done much other than play with it, and backups should be bulletproof. I’m looking at it to reduce bandwidth use.

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Another vote for LuckyBackup. Good documentation too, and a responsive developer.

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I have been using unison for many years and it works very well.

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I’ve been testing.

LuckyBackup can restore a single file or folder?

If I copy the folder /home/documents and /home/downloads do I create a profile for each?

Thank you.

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After all the tests, I recommend backintime.

Differential backups using snapshots. Customize the copy simple but efficient and easy restore.

Greetings.

Greetings.

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After all the tests, I recommend backintime.

Differential backups using snapshots. Customize the copy simple but efficient and easy restore.

As a simple creature, its the backup utility of my choice too :slight_smile: …and recently, it served me well, when I needed to quickly repartition, and upgrade to openSUSE 11.4.