X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=267bf7e35ebc6945d514bfdf6b88a5e62b53bde9;hb=3306a802a11b8d945af081cb835bb7fe208dc84c;hp=489cafd797ae8ee325e4ec08246eeb8e8736b771;hpb=262cb310220bd689d2e26eeb0d9188f692fa6d51;p=bup.git diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 489cafd..267bf7e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ Reasons you might want to avoid bup of corruption. - It currently only works on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OS X >= 10.4, - Solaris, or Windows (with Cygwin). Patches to support other - platforms are welcome. + Solaris, or Windows (with Cygwin, and maybe with WSL). Patches to + support other platforms are welcome. - Any items in "Things that are stupid" below. @@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ Reasons you might want to avoid bup Notable changes introduced by a release ======================================= + - Changes in 0.29.1 as compared to 0.29 + - Changes in 0.29 as compared to 0.28.1 - Changes in 0.28.1 as compared to 0.28 - Changes in 0.28 as compared to 0.27.1 - Changes in 0.27.1 as compared to 0.27 @@ -150,13 +152,13 @@ From source may fail. Running something like this before "make test" should sidestep the problem: - cd "$(/bin/pwd)" + cd "$(pwd -P)" - You can install bup via "make install", and override the default destination with DESTDIR and PREFIX. Files are normally installed to "$DESTDIR/$PREFIX" where DESTDIR is - empty by default, and PREFIX is set to /usr. So if you wanted to + empty by default, and PREFIX is set to /usr/local. So if you wanted to install bup to /opt/bup, you might do something like this: make install DESTDIR=/opt/bup PREFIX='' @@ -244,9 +246,19 @@ Using bup bup index /etc bup save -r SERVERNAME:path/to/remote-bup-dir -n local-etc /etc - - Restore a backup from a remote server. (FAIL: unfortunately, - unlike "bup join", "bup restore" does not yet support remote - restores. See both "bup join" and "Things that are stupid" below.) + - Make a remote backup to ~/.bup on SERVER: + + bup index /etc + bup save -r SERVER: -n local-etc /etc + + - See what saves are available in ~/.bup on SERVER: + + bup ls -r SERVER: + + - Restore the remote backup to ./dest: + + bup restore -r SERVER: -C ./dest local-etc/latest/etc + ls -l dest/etc - Defend your backups from death rays (OK fine, more likely from the occasional bad disk block). This writes parity information @@ -286,11 +298,12 @@ Using bup GIT_DIR=~/.bup git log local-etc - - Make a backup on a remote server: + - Save a tar archive to a remote server (without tar -z to facilitate + deduplication): tar -cvf - /etc | bup split -r SERVERNAME: -n local-etc -vv - - Try restoring the remote backup tarball: + - Restore the archive: bup join -r SERVERNAME: local-etc | tar -tf - @@ -428,16 +441,6 @@ Things that are stupid for now but which we'll fix later Help with any of these problems, or others, is very welcome. Join the mailing list (see below) if you'd like to help. - - 'bup restore' can't pull directly from a remote server. - - So in one sense "save -r" is a dead-end right now. Obviously you - can use "ssh SERVER bup restore -C ./dest..." to create a tree you - can transfer elsewhere via rsync/tar/whatever, but that's *lame*. - - Until we fix it, you may be able to mount the remote BUP_DIR via - sshfs and then restore "normally", though that hasn't been - officially tested. - - 'bup save' and 'bup restore' have immature metadata support. On the plus side, they actually do have support now, but it's new,