> > In what ways is this package different to, say, dirvish, which I use > > in a manner which is, AFAICS, identical to the way this package > > operates? > > Or storebackup? > > (Actually, storebackup's one-line description doesn't really hint at > this functionality. But I'm using it to create daily snapshots of remote > servers over smbfs and nfs, using hard links to conserve space. It > offers sliding window; you can tell it to keep a month of backups, and > then weekly after that for 6 months, then monthly etc.) > > Written in Perl, fwiw (not much I hope).
This one does indeed seem to fill the niche for which I had turned to glastree. I must admit that I would have benefited from a more thorough Debian reference on available backup alternatives. Not that I have the knowledge to make one myself, but hey. With so many other alternatives, should I simply close my ITP bug, or should I proceed with providing the package? Charles -- Uncle Rube Buys tube One week Looks sleek Like sheik Burma-Shave http://frogcircus.org/burmashave/1930/uncle_rube
