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.

It is also rather new and currently under heavy development. Therefore, do not expect to upgrade to a future version and retain compatibility with the current version.

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

2011-02-02: burp-1.0.10 is released. See the DOWNLOADS page.

Changes in burp-1.0.10:
  * Fixed two major bugs introduced in burp-1.0.9 to do with client/server
    communication when doing deltas.
  * Make "make install" and the Windows installers not overwrite an existing
    config file.
  * Support for backup and restore of fifos and nodes.
  * KNOWN ISSUE: There seems to be a problem with restoring multiple files
    at once to Windows. I am working on this.

2011-01-30: burp-1.0.9 is released. See the DOWNLOADS page.

Changes in burp-1.0.9:
  * Added counters to summarise the files that were backed up or restored.
  * Added the ability to have warnings instead of errors always being fatal.
  * Prevent restores overwriting existing files, unless the new '-f' option is
    given.
  * Notice invalid characters in paths on Windows and replace them with
    '_'. This also means that you can now restore to alternative directories
    (the colon in the drive name no longer gets in the way).
  * Added instructions for building the Windows installer.

2011-01-25: burp-1.0.5 is released. See the DOWNLOADS page.

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

2011-01-23: burp-1.0.3 is released. See the DOWNLOADS page.

2011-01-22: burp-1.0.0 is released. See the DOWNLOADS page.

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.


Late updated: February 2011