obackup/CHANGELOG.md

SHORT FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS

• Rewrite rsync exclude patterns using "pattern" instead of escaped chars
• Clean most of recursive task creation code

FAR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS

• (Secret world domination... Still need to get bald and get a cat)

KNOWN ISSUES

• Backup size check does not honor rsync exclude patterns
• Bandwidth parameter is ignored for SQL backups
• Missing symlink support when run from MSYS environment
• Dry mode creates dirs
• Dry mode does not try mysqldump

CHANGELOG

• More correct error message on remote connection failure
• Gzipped logs are now deleted once sent
• Fixed some typos (thanks to Pavel Kiryukhin)
• Improved OS detection and added prelimnary MacOS X support
• Improved execution hook logs
• Improved RunLocalCommand execution hook
• 02 Nov. 2013: v1.84 RC3
• Updated documentation
• Minor rewrites in recursive backup code
• Added base directory files backup for recursive directories backup
• Minor improvements on permission checks
• Added local and remote OS detection
• Fixed ping arguments for FreeBSD compatibility
• Added MSYS (MinGW minimal system) bash compatibility under Windows
  • Added check for /var/log directory
  • Added check for shared memory directory
  • Added alternative way to kill child processes for other OSes and especially for MSYS (which is a very odd way)
  • Added Sendemail.exe support for windows Alerting
  • Replaced which commend by type -p, as it is more portable
  • Added support for ping.exe from windows
  • Forced usage of MSYS find instead of Windows' find.exe
  • Added an optionnal remote rsync executable path parameter
  • Made ListDatabases and ListDirectories Msys friendly
• Fixed loop problems in RotateBackups and ListDatabases (depending on IFS environment)
• Fixed an error in CheckSpaceRequirements not setting required space to zero if file / sql backup is disabled
• Fixed an issue with CheckConnectivity3rdPartyHosts
• Added option to stop execution on failed command execution
• Improved forced quit command by killing all child processes
• Before / After commands are now ignored on dryruns
• Improved verbose output
• Improved dryrun output
• Improved remote connecivity detection
• Fixed a typo in configuration file
• 18 Aug. 2013: Now v1.84 RC2
• Added possibility to change default logfile
• Simplified dryrun (removed dryrun function and merged it with main function)
• Simplified Init function
• Added --stat switch to rsync execution
• Added bandwidth limit
• Added --no-maxtime switch
• Fixed LoadConfigFile function will not warn on wrong config file
• More code cleanup
• Added --verbose switch (will add databases list, rsync commands, and file backup list)
• Improved task execution checks and more code cleanup
• Fixed CleanUp function if DEBUG=yes, also function is now launched from TrapQuit
• 16 Jul. 2013: version tagged as v1.84 RC1
• Code cleanup
• Uploaded first documentation
• Fixed an issue with RotateBackups
• Updated obackup to log failed ssh command results
• Updated ssh command filter to log failed commands
• Updated ssh command filter to accept personalized commands
• 23 Jun. 2013 v 1.84 RC1 approaching
• Added ssh commands filter, updated documentation
• Rewrote local space check function
• Added ability to run another executable than rsync (see documentation on sudo execution)
• Added some Rsync argument parameters (preserve ACL, Xattr, and stream compression)
• Internal hook execution logic revised
• Updated WaitForTaskCompletition function to handle skipping alerts
• Updated command line argument --silent processing
• Added remote before and after command execution hook
• Added local before and after command execution hook
• 14 Jun 2013
• Initial public release, fully functionnal