[Box Backup] Box Backup 0.11rc2 on OS X 10.5

Dnk boxbackup@boxbackup.org
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:48:23 -0700




On 17-Mar-09, at 3:42 AM, Chris Wilson <chris@qwirx.com> wrote:

> Hi Achim,
>
> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009, Achim wrote:
>
>> I am about to submit some patches to the developers that enable  
>> Cumulus to be compiled on OS X.
>>
>> If you could think of a way to implement snapshots in Box Backup,  
>> that would be fantastic. A hackish approach could be to use two  
>> different bbackupd.conf: one with the "lazy" approach of monitoring  
>> files, and one that uploads all files. You then switch between the  
>> two configurations whenever you want to run a full sync/snapshot.
>
> I think Box Backup is not designed to really do snapshots and it's a  
> big change. I wish I had time to do it.
>
> What would you say are the advantages of Box over Cumulus, i.e. why  
> shouldn't I give up on Box and start using Cumulus instead?


Is this a hypothetical question just trying to figure out what it's  
advantages are? Or a serious statement?
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