BURP - BackUp and Restore Program
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Burp is a backup and restore program. It uses librsync in order to save on the amount of space that is used by each backup. It also uses VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) to make snapshots when backing up Windows computers.

It is open source free software (where 'free' means both that you do not have to pay for it, and that you have freedom to do what you want with it) released under the AGPLv3 licence. See the FAQ for more information.

Finally, as with the vast majority of open software, Burp comes with absolutely no warranty. You are responsible for testing it and ensuring that it works for you. Please see the FAQ page for more information on this.

The main author of Burp is Graham Keeling.



NEWS

2011-03-27: burp-1.1.30 is released. See the DOWNLOADS page.

2011-03-27 Changes in burp-1.1.30:
  * First pass at having a live status monitor.
  * Fixed a bug that meant you couldn't restore links.
  * Fixed a bug when freeing structs at the end of a restore.

2011-03-18: burp-1.1.22 is released. See the DOWNLOADS page.

Changes in burp-1.1.22:
  * Added scheduling.
  * Added email notifications.
  * Fixed autoconf. Programs like ccache should now work.
  * Strip whitespace from end of conf lines, ignore quotes around conf lines.
  * Updated the Windows build tools.

2011-03-10: burp-1.1.14 is released. See the DOWNLOADS page.

Changes in burp-1.1.14:
  * Added client-side blowfish file encryption. See the man page for details.
  * Byte counters also give counts in KB/MB/GB/etc as appropriate.
  * Restore directories after their contents so that the access times are
    correct.
  * Updated the win32 build tools.

2011-03-02: burp-1.1.5 is released. See the DOWNLOADS page.

Changes in burp-1.1.5:
  * Added a 'verify' command. See the man page for details.
  * Improved the include/exclude path functionality.
  * Added the ability to define mount points to cross.
  * Fixed a crash on 64bit Windows when exiting.

2011-02-27: burp-1.1.0 is released. See the DOWNLOADS page.

Changes in burp-1.1.0:
  * Added openssl.
  * Added byte counters and checksums to the backup manifest files, in
    anticipation of a 'verify' command.

    IMPORTANT IF YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM AN OLDER VERSION OF BURP:
    a) Your previous backups will no longer work, due to changes in the
    manifest files. You will also need to move old backups aside in order to
    continue to make new backups.
    b) Your old config files will need some fields to do with SSL added to them.
    See the man page and the examples in the 'configs' directory for help.

    IMPORTANT FOR MY ENCOURAGEMENT AND THE FUTURE OF BURP:
    If you have tried burp, I really want to hear from you to find out what 
    you like about it, what you don't like, what new features you would like,
    how you have been using it, whether it has helped you, or anything that
    you would like to tell me. I am currently working in the dark!

2011-02-16: burp-1.0.31 is released.

2011-02-02: burp-1.0.11 is released.

2011-02-02: burp-1.0.10 is released.

2011-01-30: burp-1.0.9 is released.

2011-01-25: burp-1.0.5 is released.

2011-01-25: mailling list created. See the CONTACT page.

2011-01-23: burp-1.0.3 is released.

2011-01-22: burp-1.0.0 is released.

2011-01-22: Web site created.

Burp is open and free software. I work on it in my spare time. If you would like this work to continue, please consider making a small donation.


Burp, don't suck. Last updated: March 2011