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About backly
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backly is a simple rsync-like tool for recursively copying entire directories.
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The intended use case is for making verionless incremental backups; however, it
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can be used to copy the contents of any directory to any other directory,
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provided you have read access to the source and write access to the
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destination. Like rsync, backly uses a combination of file size and
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modification date to determine if it needs to be copied over.
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This program will not work properly if source is a subdirectory
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or destination or vice-versa.
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Required packages
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backly does not depend on any packages other than what typically ships with any
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Linux distribution.
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Installation
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The usual 'make' and 'make install' is sufficient for compiling and installing
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backly. The default prefix /usr/local, which means the binary will be installed
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to /usr/local/bin. The prefix can be changed by setting it in the install
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command; for example, by running 'make PREFIX=/usr install'.
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How to report bugs?
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Bugs should be reported to L. Bradley LaBoon <me@bradleylaboon.com>
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Please indicate what OS and architecture you are using, as well as output from
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the program showing the bug, if possible (hint: run backly with --test to avoid
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destroying any files that you care about).
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