Revision history for Snapback2.

0.01 Thu Jan 1 14:35:59 EST 2004

• original version

0.02 Thu Jan 1 15:30:00 EST 2004

• first CPAN release
• adds DestinationList for multiple backup destinations

0.03 Thu Jan 2 01:22:03 EST 2004

• second CPAN release
• cleanup of README and other docs
• add snap_charge script.

0.04 -- Fri Jan 2 13:23:11 EST 2004

• third CPAN release
• cleanup of README and other docs
• enhance snapback_loop to retain rsync logs
• add rsync --link-dest capability as RetainPermissions
• add John Pelan's directory move suggestion as ManyFiles
• fix broken Exclude option
• Add Compress option to allow turning off -z
• Add RsyncShell option to allow same-machine or NFS copies without rsync

0.05 --

• Modularize most functions
• Change <BackupDirectory ...> to <Directory ...>
• Enhance charge file to add total size, xfer rate, etc.
• regularize logging/debug

0.07 --

• Allow use of rsync urls, i.e. system::tag/dir, to back up
• Fix status code display

0.08 --

• Add snapcopy command to allow efficient copy.
• snapcopy includes POD docs.
• Add Before and After directives to constrain backup to certain times.
• Add IgnoreVanished directive to ignore the "file has vanished" error from rsync which causes most of the error emails. This typically happens when a PID or other transient file goes away.

0.09 --

• Repeat to yourself -- proper testing includes a try at "make install".

0.11 --

• Add PingCommand directive that specifies command to run

  to check connection to target system before backup.

  • Use help from David Stoergel <lorax_at_lorax_dot_org> to finish IgnoreVanished.

0.12 --

• Add Timestamp to debug output
• Matthias Pfafferodt contributed change to weekly/monthly backup so it is done if more than 7 days or 30 days have elapsed. Before, it would not work unless it was run on first day of week or month, and that could cause a problem when the target system was down on that day. Thanks to Matthias (Matthias.Pfafferodt at the excellent domain mapfa.de).

0.912 --

• Silly me, ran afoul of CPAN's numbering restrictions.

0.913 --

• Didn't know they checked contained modules too, sigh.

0.914

• Add patches from Jurgen Walch <jwalch@plumsoft.de> to allow Hourlies 0, and no email (even with AlwaysEmail) if no backup done.
• Improve snapcopy to allow transfer of only one snapshot type, along with transferring that via SSH. 0.915
• Add patch suggested by Matthew S. Warren <msw@buelba.com>. It checks for hourly.0 (or daily.0 as case may be) and moves next highest hourly there to prevent retransfer in case of lost connection. 0.916
• Fix tests to only try real backup if GNU cp is present.
• Give big warning if GNU cp is not present. Still build, to avoid CPAN::Tester failures. Will also warn people who might want to use it.