is an archiver & backup program with builtin compression (generates cpio-format archives).
| README (afio-2.5.1.tgz) | : | README (afio-2.5.2.tgz) |
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| This is afio 2.5.1 | | This is afio 2.5.2 |
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| To find out if this is the latest version, you can look at | | To find out if this is the latest version, go to |
| http://freecode.com/projects/afio | | |
| | http://members.chello.nl/k.holtman/afio.html |
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| The current maintainer is Koen Holtman (koen.holtman@ieee.org). | | The current maintainer is Koen Holtman (koen.holtman@ieee.org). |
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| | (Alternative e-mail address for the maintainer: k.holtman@chello.nl) |
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| When mailing the maintainer, please use the word `afio' somewhere in | | When mailing the maintainer, please use the word `afio' somewhere in |
| the subject line, this lowers the chance that your mail will get | | the subject line, this lowers the chance that your mail will get |
| accidentally deleted. | | accidentally deleted. |
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| Alternative e-mail address for the maintainer: k.holtman@chello.nl | | Message from the current maintainer, written in 2018: |
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| | Afio is now in a 'maintenance only' mode, with several years between |
| | formal releases. 'Maintenance only' means that I will be happy to |
| | answer questions, to handle bug and problem reports, and to |
| | incorporate patches that fix bugs, portabiliy problems, and security |
| | issues. However, it is very unlikely that I will not work on adding |
| | major new features, even if the feature request comes with a patch |
| | file implementing the feature. |
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| | The main concern that drives my maintenance policy is to avoid |
| | creating new bugs that would cause the backup process to silently |
| | fail. Because of this concern, I do a lot of manual reviewing and |
| | testing for every patch I receive. I have concluded that I simply do |
| | not have the time (and interest level) anymore to do this for patches |
| | adding new features. My interest has declined because since about |
| | 2005, hard drives have become so cheap that making fault tolerant |
| | compressed archive files for writing to tapes of floppy disks, as afio |
| | can do, has become less and less relevant to the needs of average |
| | Linux user. I make my personal system backups using rsync on a |
| | detachable hard drive. |
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| >> See the first lines of afio.c for licensing/redistribution information << | | >> See the first lines of afio.c for licensing/redistribution information << |
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| Afio makes cpio-format archives. It deals somewhat gracefully with | | Afio makes cpio-format archives. It deals somewhat gracefully with |
| input data corruption. Supports multi-volume archives during | | input data corruption. Supports multi-volume archives during |
| interactive operation. Afio can make compressed archives that are | | interactive operation. Afio can make compressed archives that are |
| much safer than compressed tar or cpio archives. Afio is best used as | | much safer than compressed tar or cpio archives. Afio is best used as |
| an `archive engine' in a backup script. | | an `archive engine' in a backup script. |
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