TimeVault TimeVault is a simple front-end for making snapshots of a set of directories.
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TimeVault is a simple front-end for making snapshots of a set of directories. TimeVault is a simple front-end for making snapshots of a set of directories. It tries to be the best backup software for GNOME/Ubuntu users. Snapshots are a copy of a directory structure or file at a certain point in time. Restore functionality is integrated into Nautilus - previous versions of a file or directory that has a snapshot can be accessed by examining the properties and selecting the 'Previous Versions' tab.Snapshots are protected from accidental deletion or modification since they are read-only by default. The super-user can delete intermediate snapshots to save space, but files and directories that existed before or after the deletion will still be accessible.What is a Snapshot?A snapshot is a copy of a directory at a certain point in time. Snapshots don't use space for the files that haven't changed but instead simply increment the link count for them. On Linux, when a file is deleted, the link count is decremented, but it isn't actually removed until the link count hits zero.Only files are hard-linked this way. Directories have to be recreated for technical reasons (since a hard-link is actually the file it points to, you would find yourself in a completely different path if directories were hard-linked). Requirements: · python · python-gnome2 · python-glade2 · gksu · sudo · nautilus · gnome-terminal · python-nautilus · python-notify · python-gobject · python-gobject-dev · libpango1.0-0

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