scdbackup
scdbackup is a simplified CD/DVD backup program for Linux. It can back up large amounts of data on one or more media, with no special tools needed for reading the backup. It supports ISO9660 filesystems and afio archives. Its special features are automatic division of data into multiple volumes, verification of write success, incremental backups, a search and restore helper for large ISO9660 backups. CDs get written via cdrecord, wodim, cdrskin, or xorriso. DVDs and BDs get written via growisofs, cdrskin, or xorriso.
| Tags | Utilities Archiving backup |
|---|---|
| Licenses | BSD Original BSD Revised |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C Unix Shell |
Recent releases
- 30 Jul 2008 08:52
Changes: The configuration now allows the choice of xorriso as the ISO9660 formatter and as the burn program. This enables scdbackup to split oversized files without needing a large disk buffer. Remote scdbackup installations may be used via SSH instead of a burn program. Regular expressions can exclude files from the backup if their leafnames match. Media types BD-R and BD-RE are permitted but have not been tested yet.
- 06 Aug 2007 03:40
Changes: scdbackup now supports wodim and cdrskin as CD/DVD burn backends, as well as the ISO9660 formatter genisoimage. The helper application scdbackup_askme is able to quickly find files in large incremental backups, to guide through extraction of single files, or to perform the full restore of a whole backup.
- 27 May 2006 04:01
Changes: Backup volumes are now composed alphabetically by default. Incremental backup preparation has become much faster. An appendix about preparations for disaster recovery has been added to the README file.
- 04 Mar 2005 13:55
Changes: DVD-RW media is now blanked automatically. Checksum information is stored on backup media. This release has redundant and repairable backups, and optional use of cdrecord-ProDVD.
- 01 Sep 2004 03:55
Changes: Several pitfalls around the use of DVD have been removed. The program's behavior in case of failure has been clarified. Installation instructions have been overhauled to prevent trusted users' unreliable software from infringing other users' backup installations.
