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abyssisthebest
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 Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject: CVS Alternatives |
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Does anybody know of any alternatives to the CVS system?
Somthing that would put all of the files in a specific directory into a zip file at specific intervalls would be ideal.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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Are you talking in terms of a collaboration tool, a versioning system, or a simple synchronise and backup system for yourself? Not sure if you've understand fully what CVS is for... Will you be using it to check code into and out of a repository, or do you literally just want something to zip up a folder at intervals?
If you're looking for a backup system rather than CVS you should take a look at Cobian Backup. It's one of the most flexible free backup tools I've come across, will run happily as a system service and will zip up whatever folders you want at whatever intervals you specify, with support for keeping the last x copies, backup to FTP server etc.
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
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| Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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thanks,
What i am going to do, is set up Cobain Backup to back up my development directory every hour, and keep 5 backups. Then make a directory listing script that lists those 5 files, and if it works i will have a simple but effective to CVS.
BTW, it stands for Corrupt Version Storage (Concurrent Versioning System) :-)
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:17 am Post subject: |
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Never heard anyone call it Corrupt Version Storage before...
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The Concurrent Versions System (CVS), also known as the Concurrent Versioning System, implements a version control system: it keeps track of all work and all changes in a set of files, typically the implementation of a software project, and allows several (potentially widely separated) developers to collaborate. CVS has become popular in the open-source world. CVS is released under the GNU General Public License.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System
was what I had in mind when you asked the question - but as I expected you actually only wanted a personal backup system for private use, Cobian Backup seemed more appropriate. Glad it does what you wanted :)
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:32 am Post subject: |
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no, i am using this to back up my Development directory so people can download it.
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