vision
The main goal of luckyBackup, as its name states, is the creation of backups of your data.
Somebody once said:
“ if you haven't backed up your data is like not having them at all !! ”
That is because, based at the laws of probability, some time, for some reason, something will happen and you will lose valuable data. Another guy once said:
“
computer users can be divided into 2 categories:
Those that have lost data
...and those that have not lost data YET ”
I really wish you to never come to that situation.
But if you do, then I hope that you backed up your data the very last minute either by using this application or not :-)
luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool.
It is simple to use, fast (transfers over only changes made and not all data), safe (keeps your data safe by checking all declared directories before proceeding in any data manipulation ), reliable and fully customizable.
features
Backup
Stop avoiding backing-up. You now have no excuses !!
Create a "clone" of
your data at another location in no time, safely.
Backup
any directory (source) to another (destination).
luckyBackup
copies over only the changes you've made to the source directory and
nothing more.
You will be surprised when your huge source is
backed up in seconds (after the first time !!).
Whatever
changes you make to the source including adding, moving, deleting,
modifying files / directories etc, will have the same effect to the
destination.
Owner, group, time stamps, links and permissions
of files are preserved (unless stated otherwise).
Snapshots
Create multiple backup "snapshots".
Each snapshot is an image of the source data that refers to a specific date-time.
Rolling back to any of the snapshots is possible.
Sync
Sync any
directories keeping the files that were most recently modified on
both of them.
Useful if you modify files on more than one PCs
(using a flash-drive and don't want to bother remembering what did
you use last.
Keep your data safe
luckyBackup first checks whether the directories you've
declared exist or if they are empty and warns you accordingly.
You
wouldn't want your 500GB music collection backup (that took half a
day to create !!) vanish in a second if you forgot to mount the
external drive that your source is in !!
You also wouldn't want
to execute an rsync command if your destination folder is in an
external drive that you also forgot to mount.
Simple / advanced option
The add/modify operation dialog is quite simple and
everybody can use it with confidence.
Hit on the "advanced"
pushbutton at the operation properties window and a whole bunch of
other options will appear.
If you know what you're doing change
anything at will.
Exclude option
Exclude
any file, folder or pattern from the transfer.
You might not want
to copy over backup files (*~), trash folders, system mount folders
(/media & /mnt), some huge video files or anything else.
Only include option
Use
this option to only transfer over specific file(s), folder(s) or
pattern(s) within your source directory and nothing else.
Add/remove any rsync option
If you don't like the default rsync options that
luckybackup uses, add or remove any option you wish.
Remote connections
Remote
connections are possible, either for use as a source or as a
destination.
Also execute
You can execute any command(s) before or after a specific task.
Restore
Everybody wishes to never use this !!
But when
this time comes, luckyBackup gives you the option to create an
operation based on an existing one for restore purposes or use a wizard style procedure that will guide you through.
Simulation
If
you are unsure of the effects on your data when executing an rsync
command try the dry-run option. luckyBackup will perform a trial run
that doesn't make any changes (and produces mostly the same output as
a real run).
Note: The progress-bar might be misleading when using
this.
Include option – Execution order
A separate check-box can be
used to include or not the operations within a profile.
The option to change the execution order of operation is also given.
Profiles
You don't
have to create all operations from scratch every time you start
luckyBackup. You can save your preferences in a .profile file and
load it whenever needed. Use as many profiles as you like.
Scheduling
Scheduling for execution of
already created profiles via cronjobs is supported.
e-mail a report after a profile execution.
Logfile
After each
operation a logfile is created in your home folder. You can have a
look at it any time you want.
Command line mode
luckyBackup can run in command line if you wish not to
use the gui, but you have to first create the profile that is going
to be executed.
Type "luckybackup --help" at a terminal
to see usage and supported options.
Tray notification
Visual feedback at the tray area informs you about what is going on.
