LBackup Release Notes

Added a 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.

New commands to assist with finding files to restore

More appropriate default settings

Basic backup in progress locking implemented

Additional parameters made available to the pre and post hook scripts

Additional logging facilities

Additional example post script added

Various minor bug fixes

Minor changes to the example backup configuration.

Improved reliability of backups which are not being run as root.

Additional example pre-action scripts.

Improved example backup configuration.

Fixed issue relating to setting a custom rsync path under Darwin.

Other minor bug fixes.

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.

Improved SSH Wrapper

Improved Linux Support

Improved SSH testing module.

Improved example SSH Lbackup wrapper script.

Fourth GNU GPL open source release of LBackup.