I'm glad you've found the program useful, Jasper. Do you (or anyone else who reads this forum post) use snap2 to backup to *remote* media via Internet? This would normally be to a VPS (virtual private server) or a dedicated sever. I ask because in the years since I wrote snap2, I've never heard that...

Hi Pete,
ext 4 should be fine. snap2 is a frontend to rsync, so I think it will work on any file system that support hard links, which is all Linux filesystems, I believe.

Something is fishy - snap2 doesn't create any directories called "Backup_<date>", not even temporary directories. Can you send me your /.snap2/default.set directory (compressed), maybe via PM?

With snap2, you can always safely delete any backup, unless it contains data you need. However, note that if you have empty daily.x directories, you probably have a misconfiguration. Check your latest backup (recent.1). If it is contains what you expect, you can probably conclude that your current c...

I think rdiff-backup would also work to keep one current copy of the puppy save file, and "binary diffs" that would allow recovery of a previous save file. From the program's features page: "Space efficient: Suppose you have a large database file that changes a little bit every day. A...

1. Ok, I mean I don't use a backup program to recover a broken OS. As a sys admin, I find Debian suits me better than Puppy, and it never breaks. I promote Puppy for those whose computer use is less technical. 2. rsync alone is not incremental, although it can be used to back up only new/changed fil...

You're saying we fix things BEFORE restoring the backup? If i break the OS, I would not want to "fix" it, I would just want to do a complete restore of the whole OS to an earlier state. By fix things I mean fix a failed hard drive. Actually as a Linux user I never think of restoring from ...

I had trouble with posting, so I replied via PM. I fixed that problem so I'm posting the PM interchange here: Hi, You found a bug! It turns out that backup exclusions cannot be added if the backup directory is the root directory ('/'). Here's my excuse for overlooking this bug: I never intended for ...

Hi peebee, PS Edit: didn't notice you posted your logfile, sorry. I looked at your config files and the screenshots, looks fine to me. Also, your backup log shows that your backups are working fine, using hardlinks. Note that only a few files were reported as copied during your latest backup, and ye...

I have released snap2 version 4.21, fixing remaining issues with remote SSH authentication detection. The Puppy forum page for snap2 is http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=50402

(Please let me know if this is the wrong place to announce new versions of Puppy software.)

24-Oct-2011 (snap2 4.21) Fixed issues with remote SSH authentication on 64 bit systems. Changed remote SSH authentication detection method to "manual" Add "Generate SSH Keys" button to "Advanced" tab. Note that the previous release just 2 days ago (v4.20) fixed the issu...

Today I uploaded the new pet for snap2 version 4.19. See changes on the snap2 thread page: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=50402 There is a also a deb file for use in Debian or Ubuntu (see link in signature below). For use on Debian Squeeze, gtkdialog from Debian Lenny needs to be d...

Wow, this bacon stuff is cool! I need to rewrite my snap2 backup utility (GUI frontend to rsync), since it is gtkdialog-based and gtkdialog is no longer supported in Debian Linux. I am looking at bacon/hug for that. To help port snap2 from gtkdialog to bacon, I would really like to see the source co...

For future Quirky and all other Puppy flavors, please update the snap2 version. The latest snap2 is version 4.18. Download at: http://files.crnatural.net/

Since /mnt/home/ is a symlink, specifying it as a backup source path will simply create a matching symlink on the storage drive. The data will not be copied. Likewise, if a symlink is part of a path that is backed-up, anything "under" the symlink is ignored. This might seem strange, but th...

Hi edoc, It looks to me like you specified /mnt as a top level directory to back up. snap2 will try to back up all directories under /mnt. Each directory under /mnt is usually an entire partition. Normally you would not do this. Furthermore, I see the backup storage location is a partition mounted u...

The lack of menu entries is now fixed in snap2-4.17.
Download http://files.lstandish.com/

(The problem was in syntax in the .desktop files for the 2 menu entries. '[$e]' can be used in KDE but not in Puppy.)

Thanks, Jim, for answering this. I worked very hard to prepare my snap2 for inclusion in Debian Linux, and when it was ready I realized that gtkdialog is not to be included in the next Debian. This has really "taken the wind out of my sails," since Debian is my "daily use" distro...

I just realized that snap2's "snapshot backup now!" menu entry is not working in v 4.13 (and below). This escaped my attention because I develop the program (and run it daily) in Debian. I'm sorry for the confusion and inconvenience this may have caused. This is fixed in version 4.14 (pet ...

Sorry, alienpup, I didn't see your post until today. Compression of backups will not ever, I think, be offered by snap2, for several reasons. 1. snap2 is based on rsync. One of the greatest things about rsync is its "delta" algorithm. When backing up a previously-backed-up file over a netw...