[IDEA] XBian-backup

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(4th Jun, 2016 03:30 AM)IriDium Wrote:  Currently the xbian-backup "/home to file"can only be run manually and then copied/FTP to alternative storage. The image is lost on a reboot and thus lost if you forget to copy it.

That's true, but do not ask me why this has been done

Quote:I think it would be helpful, like XBian image and snapshots, to have the ability to schedule automatic backups with an option to keep X number and also where it is stored.

Good idea, we could think about that

Quote:Another "idea" would be to have the xbian-backup mounted on a NTFS or ext4 partition, so that the partition could be read by most PC's which can't read BTRFS. Yes this bit would require a lot of work, so probably won't happen.

IMO makes no sense

Quote:Just an idea but I think most people would appreciate it - especially if it runs in the background.

I would suppose most people are too lazy and never using our backup functions

Quote:I agree that snapshots should give the same approach but this is only for the home directory and not system wide.

Yeah, snapshots are great but if filesystem is broken and not mountable this feature is useless, having (image)backups would be better choice