Comments on: Cutting your chances of data loss

By: Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:44:04 +0000

The process will exit immediately, and the current file will only be partially copied.

By: Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:31:13 +0000

All files are copied, it is not optimized with any comparison criteria at the moment. What happens is that it deletes the destination area, and then does a full copy (I took the simple approach). I will look into adding that in, good suggestion.

By: scheherazade

scheherazade — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:39:45 +0000

Also, what happens if you task kill the process mid copy? Will it complete the current file before servicing the signal, or will it exit immediately?

-scheherazade

By: scheherazade

scheherazade — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:38:32 +0000

Are all files copied, or is there a date/time/size check done so that unnecessary disk activity is avoided?
What are the copy/ignore criteria for what triggers a file to be synced versus ignored?

-scheherazade

By: Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:29:19 +0000

Yes, as long as you have mapped a network drive to the samba share on your ubuntu server, that can be the destination, no problem.

By: carrie

carrie — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:30:03 +0000

Hi,
can the destination folder be shared resource?I have a winbox and ubuntu server,in this case is it possible to syn winbox files to ubuntu server??

Thank you,

carrie

By: Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:15:43 +0000

Yes, that deletion will also happen in folder A next time the files get syncronized, since the program’s purpose is to ensure that there is a exact replica (mirror) of the source set of folders. When you wish to protect against accidental deletion, it comes down to the length of time you would like to give yourself before your file cannot be recovered. For example, if you mirror your files every night, you have given yourself 24 hours to recover from an accidental deletion. If you mirror your files every night, but each night to a different destination, say folders named with days of the week, then you have given yourself 7 days to recover, and so on. So it really depends on the amount of disk space you can spare. And of course the ultimate alternative is permanent backup, where you only backup the data once and never overwrite it.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:48:44 +0000

Question:
Folder A is the original, and I have those files mirrored to Folder B.
In Folder B, I delete one file. Does that deletion then also happen in Folder A, the next time the files get syncronized?
My concern is that if I accidentally delete an important file in one of these, at the next synchronization the other one will replicate that accidental deletion and I’ve lost both copies.

By: Backup Folder Contents By Creating A Duplicate Copy Of Folder With Folder Mirror

Backup Folder Contents By Creating A Duplicate Copy Of Folder With Folder Mirror — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:43:04 +0000

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By: Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:06:50 +0000

Sorry there are no flags like that.