Creating a backup profile
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Creating a backup profile

There are two ways to create a backup profile:

  1. Select Create Backup Profile from the File menu.

  2. right mouse button click on the Backup Profiles tree node, and select Create Backup Profile.

This should create a new backup profile using the currently checked files and the default backup options. The following options can be set for the backup profile:

Archive name

The symbolic name for the archive. It can be changed later.

Working folder

The current working folder to perform the backup in. The list of files to backup is automatically updated to reflect the selected working folder.

Stay on one filesystem

For each folder that is listed under Backup files, only the files under that folder that are on the same filesystem as the folder will be archived. Folders on different filesystems can be listed under Backup files, and each will be treated independently of the others, by tar.

GNU listed incremental

Perform an incremental backup. A snapshot file is used to determine which files have changed since the last incremental backup. Only the files that have changed will be archived.

Snapshot file

The name of the file that is used to determine which files have changed since the last incremental backup.

Remove snapshot file before backup.

Remove the snapshot file before invoking tar. This has the effect of backing up all of the files, and creating the snapshot file for use next time.

Note

The Files >> and << Files buttons were not fully implemented at the time this documentation was written...

You must press the Apply button to commit any changes made to the backup profile.

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