pMirror 0.6.2-1 - mirdir gui - copy (mirror) directories

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#21 Post by don570 »

Here's a modern GUI version of rsync that you should inspect
for ideas
http://everythinglinux.org/rsync/
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#22 Post by don570 »

I've been trying to use pmirror and finally I was able to get it
to work.

The trick was to make sure that the exception file was set.

I set it to the mirror folder and now any changes to the
mirror folder will transfered.

The error message was confusing. It said something about a
configuration file.

I have three suggestions

1) It should be combined with pschedule so that
a nightly backup would be done automatically.
2) The version number needs to be shown somewhere.
3) Change Line 127 from 'logbox' to 'editbox'
so info can be copied from xdialog window.

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#23 Post by zigbert »

don570
There should be written a new Backup-app for Puppy. Both Pmirror and Pbackup are unfriendly to user. Pmirror is too limited and Pbackup is a coding mess. The new gtkdialog is capable of giving us a much better gui....

Pbackup is my first bash-script ever, and it has simply grown out of its own skin. The initial idea wasn't good enough....

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#24 Post by don570 »

I like simple backup programs. I don't even need to put in exceptions.

Now that I know how to use pmirror it's fine. I just leave 'none'
in 'exception file'

It's rather confusing to call it 'exception file'

A better English word to use is 'exclude' or 'exclusion list'.

I doubt that anybody is using pbackup because it's too complicated.

Recently both Scottman and Pemasu lost entire
hard drives full of important work that they weren't backing up.

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#25 Post by don570 »

I made changes to Zigbert's pmirror and released it as
Puppy Backup. Some versions of Puppy don't work with
my fork. Apparently it is a bug with the <input> tag

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 168#621168

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#26 Post by zigbert »

Version 0.6
See main post

Changelog
- Gettext for NLS (thanks to rodin.s)

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#27 Post by zigbert »

Version 0.6.1
See main gui

Bugfix: missing icons

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#28 Post by papos »

tested with puppy_precise_lxpup12.12

Pmirror 0.6.1 don't remove file in destination folder

Puppy Backup remove file in destination folder

better is to have the 2 options

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#29 Post by papos »

Pmirror 0.6.1 don't remove files in destination folder, this is perhaps better...
take care with optional removing files in destination folder
especialy when you select source directory: /home/datas (for example)
and taget directory /mnt/sdc1/sav
he copy all directories in /datas/ (but don't create a new directory datas even the first time)
in the same time he remove all files that are in /sav and not in datas!!!
better to create a directory files in /mnt/sdc1/sav/datas
and put it at taget directory /mnt/sdc1/sav/datas
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#30 Post by rodin.s »

Russian forum member vityk have found some bugs in pMirror and have fixed them. One bug does not allow to choose exceptions file at first run and another one makes program unworkable at following runs. Corrected script.
He also advised to include two things in help file:
1. Path to files in Exceptions file should be as if those files are in the destination directory.
2. Empty value of Exceptions file is not allowed. It should be either path or "none".

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#31 Post by zigbert »

Version 0.6.2
See main post


Fixes is provided by vityk (see previous post)
In addition I added support for empty value of exceptions file


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#32 Post by zigbert »

Uploaded SFR's fix for gettext
See main post

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#33 Post by don570 »

I describe how to clone an Ubuntu install with pmirror.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 193#795193
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#34 Post by robwoj44 »

polish translation
Attachments
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pmirror PL
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#35 Post by zigbert »

Added Polish translation - Thank you
All I could reach for today.
I will continue updating polish NLS the next days ;-)
Great stuff


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#36 Post by zigbert »

Italian added
Thanks to xanad

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#37 Post by zigbert »

added french translation
thanks to esmourguit

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#38 Post by don570 »

First post links don't work.....

To download pmirror 0.6.2-1 go to
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pe ... es-noarch/
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#39 Post by don570 »

Suggestion :

A better method of warning user that there are files that will be destroyed
Maybe an orange yaf-splash warning
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 74c6fdb5a0
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