Package CedarBackup2

Implements local and remote backups to CD or DVD media.

Cedar Backup is a software package designed to manage system backups for a pool of local and remote machines. Cedar Backup understands how to back up filesystem data as well as MySQL and PostgreSQL databases and Subversion repositories. It can also be easily extended to support other kinds of data sources.

Cedar Backup is focused around weekly backups to a single CD or DVD disc, with the expectation that the disc will be changed or overwritten at the beginning of each week. If your hardware is new enough, Cedar Backup can write multisession discs, allowing you to add incremental data to a disc on a daily basis.

Besides offering command-line utilities to manage the backup process, Cedar Backup provides a well-organized library of backup-related functionality, written in the Python programming language.

Author: Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@ieee.org>

Submodules

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CedarBackup2.action: Provides interface backwards compatibility.
CedarBackup2.actions: Cedar Backup actions.
- CedarBackup2.actions.collect: Implements the standard 'collect' action.
- CedarBackup2.actions.constants: Provides common constants used by standard actions.
- CedarBackup2.actions.initialize: Implements the standard 'initialize' action.
- CedarBackup2.actions.purge: Implements the standard 'purge' action.
- CedarBackup2.actions.rebuild: Implements the standard 'rebuild' action.
- CedarBackup2.actions.stage: Implements the standard 'stage' action.
- CedarBackup2.actions.store: Implements the standard 'store' action.
- CedarBackup2.actions.util: Implements action-related utilities
- CedarBackup2.actions.validate: Implements the standard 'validate' action.
CedarBackup2.cli: Provides command-line interface implementation for the cback script.
CedarBackup2.config: Provides configuration-related objects.
CedarBackup2.extend: Official Cedar Backup Extensions
- CedarBackup2.extend.encrypt: Provides an extension to encrypt staging directories.
- CedarBackup2.extend.mbox: Provides an extension to back up mbox email files.
- CedarBackup2.extend.mysql: Provides an extension to back up MySQL databases.
- CedarBackup2.extend.postgresql: Provides an extension to back up PostgreSQL databases.
- CedarBackup2.extend.split: Provides an extension to split up large files in staging directories.
- CedarBackup2.extend.subversion: Provides an extension to back up Subversion databases.
- CedarBackup2.extend.sysinfo: Provides an extension to save off important system recovery information.
CedarBackup2.filesystem: Provides filesystem-related objects.
CedarBackup2.image: Provides interface backwards compatibility.
CedarBackup2.knapsack: Provides the implementation for various knapsack algorithms.
CedarBackup2.peer: Provides backup peer-related objects and utility functions.
CedarBackup2.release: Provides location to maintain version information.
CedarBackup2.testutil: Provides unit-testing utilities.
CedarBackup2.tools: Official Cedar Backup Tools
- CedarBackup2.tools.span: Spans staged data among multiple discs
CedarBackup2.util: Provides general-purpose utilities.
CedarBackup2.writer: Provides interface backwards compatibility.
CedarBackup2.writers: Cedar Backup writers.
- CedarBackup2.writers.cdwriter: Provides functionality related to CD writer devices.
- CedarBackup2.writers.dvdwriter: Provides functionality related to DVD writer devices.
- CedarBackup2.writers.util: Provides utilities related to image writers.
CedarBackup2.xmlutil: Provides general XML-related functionality.