[Box Backup] Is BoxBackup suitable for single files?

Nick Brandon boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:08:18 +0100


On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:46:01 +0100, Stefan Norlin  
<stefan.norlin@infoflexconnect.se> wrote:

>
> I do not see Box Backup very suitable for this since the Box Backup
> store is in a proprietary format with file named etc encrypted. So, there
> is no 1-to-1 mapping between files on the client and server side.
>
>> If BoxBackup is not suitable I would appreciate any recommendations.
>
> To me it sounds like a "simple" script, based on rsync, be suitable for  
> this scenario?
>
> http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/
>

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for the prompt response. I suspect you are right regarding the  
suitability of Box Backup and I appreciate your suggestion of rsync.  
Further investigation is needed but it does seem to offer the  
"controllability" for my scenario.

Regards
Nick