IMPORTANT: Cronopete has been migrated to Gitlab

https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/cronopete

A backup utility for Linux.

Cronopete is a backup utility for Linux, modeled after Apple's Time Machine. It aims to simplify the creation of periodic backups.

To build Cronopete, you need to install CMAKE or Ninja, Vala-0.30 or later, and Gtk 3.10 or later.

Now, type

mkdir BUILD
cd BUILD
cmake ..
make
sudo make install

This will compile Cronopete.

Cronopete offers a DBus interface to allow a remote control. It is at the session bus, at the address com.rastersoft.cronopete. The object com/rastersoft/cronopete offers the com.rastersoft.cronopete interface, which has the follow methods:

• DoPing(Int32) -> Int32 : receives a 32bit integer and returns that integer plus 1. Useful for tests.
• DoBackup() : starts a backup now
• StopBakup() : ends the current backup
• ShowPreferences() : shows the preferences window
• RestoreFiles() : shows the restore interface
• RestoreFilesFromFolder(string folder) : shows the restore interface, setting it to show the specified folder. The folder can be passed as an URI (file:///...). This is useful for integration with file managers.
• UnmountBackupDisk : tries to unmount the backup disk. If it is not possible (because it is not mounted, or there is a backup in progress) it will return an error
• SetStatus(boolean) : enables or disables the backup process

Sergio Costas Rodriguez
[email protected]
http://www.rastersoft.com
https://gitlab.com/rastersoft/cronopete.git