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> bup currently has no way to prune old backups. As a Mac (and therefore Time Machine) user in the process of switching to Linux, this seems to be a big downsi

by abrowne 11y ago

> bup currently has no way to prune old backups. As a Mac (and therefore Time Machine) user in the process of switching to Linux, this seems to be a big downside. [...] > Until we fix this, one possible workaround is to just start a new BUP_DIR occasionally, i.e. bup-2013-10, bup-2013-11... And the workaround mostly defeats the purpose of incremental backups.

melted 11y ago
There's http://backintime.le-web.org http://backintime.le-web.org, which basically does the exact same thing as Time Machine. Comes standard with Ubuntu IIRC.
- abrowne 11y ago
  Ubuntu comes with Déjà Dup (see http://releases.ubuntu.com/wily/ubuntu-15.10-desktop-amd64.manifest http://releases.ubuntu.com/wily/ubuntu-15.10-desktop-amd64.m...)
  - melted 11y ago
    Oh well, then it's just an apt-get away. Same thing, zero dollars.
    - abrowne 11y ago
      Indeed, thanks for the suggestion. I hadn't heard of it.