X-Git-Url: http://git.rot13.org/?p=BackupPC.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=7dd107f3e4226a1f802cde814eadecd0e42ae87f;hp=ca2bfd491b39c1d6a0af2975b5b8164b1898ee2d;hb=005a40bee08e9e026c90084d77206c9c74e3a333;hpb=ca1666a5ccf9893f7f20240c4335088859414ac2 diff --git a/README b/README index ca2bfd4..7dd107f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ __RELEASEDATE__ - Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Craig Barratt. All rights reserved. + Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Craig Barratt. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ nmblookup from the Samba distribution. Version >= 2.2.0 of Samba is recommended (smbclient's tar feature in 2.0.7 has bugs for certain path lengths). See www.samba.org for source and binaries. +If you use rsync you will need File::RsyncP on SourceForge or www.cpan.org, +plus rsync 2.5.6 on the client machines. + To install BackupPC run these commands as root: tar zxf BackupPC-__VERSION__.tar.gz @@ -30,13 +33,14 @@ To install BackupPC run these commands as root: perl configure.pl This will automatically determine some system information and prompt you -for install paths. +for install paths. Do "perldoc configure.pl" to see the various options +that configure.pl provides. INTRODUCTION: ------------ -BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for -backing up Linux and WinXX PCs and laptops to a server's disk. +BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing +up Linux, WinXX, and MacOS PCs and laptops to a server's disk. BackupPC is highly configurable and easy to install and maintain. Given the ever decreasing cost of disks and raid systems, it is now