Currently one can do a backup to a remote server over ssh or ftp, but
there is also a plan for backup media support. The easiest way is to
make a separate tool that would allow to write a backup snapshot to
one or more CDs/DVDs/USB drives maybe even tapes and restore a
snapshot from such media.
The current ideology of the system is that backups are automatical and
independant from user input. Direct backups to removable media would
endanger the regularity of backups especially for less responsible
users. I think that backuping to a local drive (if that is a
standalone mashine) and then blinking an icon at user to make him move
the backup snapshot to removable media when he has the time, is a bit
more efficient.
I am not even talking about situations when reading a lot of small
files can break burning of the backup CD (if we try to go for direct
backups to CDs).
I plan to have the CD tool included in 1.0 tree and extended by the
backup applet in 2.0 rewrite of sbackup. You can even peek at .glade
file of the CD tool in the source of sbackup.
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Best regards,
Aigars Mahinovs mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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