duply

[labbe5]

duply can be installed with simple command : $sudo apt install duply (Dog-based OS)

Once installed, in terminal type duply usage to have basic commands explained.

Basic usage is create a profile and backup :
duply documents create (creating a profile for documents folder)
duply documents backup (backing up documents folder)

From duply usage :
IMPORTANT:
Copy the _whole_ profile folder after the first backup to a safe place.
It contains everything needed to restore your backups. You will need
it if you have to restore the backup from another system (e.g. after a
system crash). Keep access to these files restricted as they contain
_all_ informations (gpg data, ftp data) to access and modify your backups.

Repeat this step after _all_ configuration changes. Some configuration
options are crucial for restoration.

Look for a review on DuckDuckGo, there is no shortage of reviews for it.

Grsync :
http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/

Grsync is a rsync GUI (Graphical User Interface). Rsync is the well-known and powerful command line directory and file synchronization tool. Grsync makes use of the GTK libraries and is released under the GPL license, so it is opensource. It doesn't need the gnome libraries to run, but can of course run under gnome, kde or unity pretty fine. It can be effectively used to synchronize local directories...

You can install Grsync from Debian 9 standard repositories (installed and tested-Trinitydog). Basic usage is easy : source and destination folders and click go.
Note :
i first installed deja-dup, but it failed to launch GUI (Gtk3 conflict). So i installed Grsync.

A comparison chart of backup utilities-CLI and GUI :
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy ... p_programs