LBackup Release Notes

Version 0.9.8r4

Various minor improvements.
Added ability to archive rsync session log files.
Very basic man page is now included.
Improvements to post action subsystem.
Added an option for disabling ACL preservation on darwin with custom rsync v3 installed.
Added a basic example post action script which reports the backup completion time.
Moved the configuration directory to /etc/lbackup
Added options for the rsync –checksum to the LBackup configuration file.
Added options for the rsync –numeric-ids to the LBackup configuration file.
Added basic LINUX server support to the example sparse-bundle synchronization post action script.
Added the ability to pass the -s flag to the lcd command so that it may be used within a script to search for files.
Minor bug fixes.

Includes a post action which makes archiving of the sync session logs easy. If enabled this log may be used as a trip wire. It is possible to compare session logs to exactly which files in your backup have been modified, added or deleted.
Initial implementation of custom per backup configuration mail template system.
Improvements to reliability of backups by adding a snap shot integrity check prior to commencing backup snapshot rotations.
Added errors if the specified custom version of rsync was not able to be located on the system when darwin checks are enabled.
Added warnings for unmanaged sections within a backup set.
Added hard link support even when number of rotations is set configured to one rotation. Earlier version would copy all data again across the network.
Added integer input checking for number of rotations.
Resolved issue relating to the exit value always being set to zero even when an error occurred during the backup.
Implemented basic checks before sending mail that the destination address has actually been modified.
Added additional pre and post action scripts.
Various minor improvements.
Minor bug fixes.

Added an example post action script which will maintain a link to the backup destination directory within the backup configuration directory.
The new version of the example post-action script for generating time based links script now generates relative links by default. This makes it easier to migrate backup sets between storage devices or directories.
Resolved issue with Mac OS 10.3.9 installer.
Basic checks implemented for backup destination and source availability for local non-network based backups.
Added checks for destination volume permissions when executing on Darwin.
Fixed the sender address of emails. Now the configuration file is honored
Resolved an issue with the x-sender header. It is now set to the sender address.
Improved email in certain error conditions.
Improved lock file removal with regards to certain error conditions.
Improved post action scripts reliability.
Added option in configuration file to allow post action scripts to run even on backup error.
Resolved issue relating to post script actions running, even if the atomic swap failed. This is now correctly implemented and will depend upon your post-action configuration settings.
Added a configuration option to allow lmail to run even if the backup was completed successful.
Minor Bug fixes.
Various other minor improvements to the install process.

Improved example backup action scripts.
Implemented support for rsync v3 and rsync v3 compiled with additional Mac OS X meta data support patches.
Added ability to specify the sender name and return address used for email reporting within the mail configuration file.

LINUX Backup to OS X improvements.
New options to allow the use of OS X bundled version of rsync for network backups.
Automatic compatibility checking enabled for OS X bundled version of rsync.
Ground work for auto detection of remote OS completed.
Minor code clean up.
Minor bug fixes.