Download rdiff backup 1.2.7

The rdiff-backup program can be used to back up files. Actually, it is not a program, but a decent Python script that can work on different operating systems. It is possible to back up folders on the same system or to save the data in a different location via a network connection. In addition to the standard backup, it also maintains a separate folder in which the changes are kept, so that you can recover a deleted file. For more information, we refer you to this page. The developers have released version 1.2.7 with the following list of changes:

Version 1.2.7:

• Don’t crash when filesystem can’t set ACL. Thanks to Matt Thompson for the bug report.
• Properly disable hard links by default on Windows.
• Fix Python 2.2 compatibility. Closes Savannah bug #25529.
• Fix typo which caused failure when checking if another rdiff-backup process is running on Windows. Thanks to Ryan Hughes for the bug report.

Version 1.2.6:

• Improve support for handling too long filenames under Windows. Too long directory names and paths are still a problem.
• Print more helpful error messages when the remote command cannot be started on Windows. Thanks to Dominic for the bug report.
• Fix –test-server option when used with remote Windows clients. Thanks to Thanos Diacakis for testing.
• Fix –override-chars-to-quote option.

Version 1.2.5:

• Fix typo in robust.py which broke error reporting. Closes Savannah bug #25255.
• Ignore Windows errors caused by too long filenames; the files are not yet backed-up, but the backup process is no longer halted.

Version 1.2.4:

• Disable escaping trailing spaces and periods for now since it broke remote restores. Thanks to Dominic for reporting the issue.