Backing up.

[Derek Broughton]

Jonas Norlander wrote:

> 2008/11/11 Robert Parker <rlp1938 at gmail.com>:
>> Using a GUI for a repetitive task with parameters that don't change
>> is just doing it the hard way. For such tasks the CLI is just so much
>> easier. Morover it's more reliable. Why would you want a GUI?
> 
> You sure dont need a GUI for the backups but i think that a GUI for
> the setup, configuration and most of all if you want to restore
> something. Browsing the backups sorted by different criteria, see
> diff's of files side by side, do searching... Thats some of the reason
> when i would love to have a GUI when working with backups.

The best backup system for KDE, ever, was KDar.  I still use it, even though it's been out of Kubuntu since Feisty.  KDar is just the GUI for dar, but nobody in their right mind would try to set up a backup system using dar directly.
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derek