Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Bundle rdiff-backup

[David Kempe]

Hi Daniel,
We have done something similar with rdiff-backup. Generally the 
application you are writing doesn't even need to use rdiff-backup, it 
can just schedule it to run with certain parameters. For me, the chief 
role in a GUI would be for file selection and scheduling, and also 
handling restores. These things don't need to actually do anything more 
than call rdiff at the right time, so you simply need to distribute 
rdiff-backup with your product and include the source to rdiff-backup in 
the distribution or accompanied by an easy way to get the source(not 
hard when its python, but the stuff in C you need to be aware of). I am 
not a lawyer or the copyright holder, so I am only saying this from 
someone who has done it before....

thanks

dave

Daniel wrote:
> hi to everyone,
>
> I've recently discovered rdiff-backup and I must admit it is wonderful
> - it was exactly what I was searching for (for a small backup&sync
> solution). I wanted to write also a qt4-based application for
> administer various backups and here come my question:
>
> how can I bundle rdiff-backup within my application? Does anybody know
> if this is possible?
>
> I'm developing right now on a MacIntel computer, but I've choosen Qt4
> for maintaining a good portability.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Daniel
>
>
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