- TimeVault
Infobox_Software
name = TimeVault
caption = Screenshot of TimeVault
developer =
latest_release_version = 0.7.5-1
latest release date =
programming language = Python
operating_system =Linux
genre =Backup software
license = LGPL
website = [http://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeVault TimeVault Ubuntu Wiki]TimeVault is a free and open-source backup utility that monitors files for changes and takes snapshots after some user-specified delay.
It is the
Linux -equivalent to Time Machine from Apple which is included withMac OS X v10.5 "Leopard".Overview
TimeVault, like many backup utilities, creates incremental backups of files which can be restored at a later date. Its snapshots are copies of a directory at a certain point in time. Snapshots use very little space for the files that haven't changed since the last snapshot was made. This is because instead of backing up the entire unchanged file, snapshots use hard links that point to the existing back-up of the unchanged file.
It is a primarily
GNOME -based application, and while the daemon will function independently of the desktop manager, some functionality is integrated into the Nautilus file manager (to simplify locating previous versions of files) and a panel icon is provided. Work on aKDE -based version is underway.ee also
*
List of backup software
*Time Machine from Apple
*Rollback Rx (forMicrosoft Windows operating systems)
*FlyBack a similar backup program for Linux
*Revision control
*Versioning file system External links
* [http://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeVault TimeVault page at wiki.ubuntu.com]
* [http://launchpad.net/timevault/ TimeVault project website on launchpad.net]
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