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<P ALIGN="center"> <P ALIGN="center">
<a href="screenshots/"> <a href="screenshots/">
![ccollect-0.7.1](screenshots/ccollect-0.7.1.png "Example output of ccollect") ![ccollect-0.7.1](screenshots/ccollect-0.7.1-screenshot-20090527.png "Example output of ccollect-0.6")
![ccollect-0.7.1](screenshots/ccollect-0.6-screenshot-20070816.png "Example output of ccollect")
</a> </a>
<P>ccollect backups data from local and remote hosts to your local harddisk. <P>ccollect backups data from local and remote hosts to your local harddisk.
Although ccollect creates full backups, it requires very less space on Although ccollect creates full backups, it requires very less space on the
the backup medium, because ccollect uses hardlinks to create an initial backup medium, because ccollect uses hardlinks to create an initial copy of
copy of the last backup. Only the inodes used by the hardlinks and the last backup. Only the inodes used by the hardlinks and the changed files
the changed files need additional space. need additional space.
ccollect uses [rsync](http://www.samba.org/rsync/) ccollect uses [rsync](http://www.samba.org/rsync/) for synchronisation.
for synchronisation. Since ccollect-0.2 there is Since ccollect-0.2 there is [asciidoc](http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/)
[asciidoc](http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/)
based documentation included in the distribution (see below). based documentation included in the distribution (see below).
You should also be able to configure ccollect with the help of the example You should also be able to configure ccollect with the help of the example
configuration in conf/. configuration in conf/.
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is outdated and thus removed. is outdated and thus removed.
### Portability ### Portability
As ccollect is written in simple sh-script, it should run on As ccollect is a simple shell script, it should run on
any POSIX compatible OS. It is known or reported to run on: any POSIX compatible OS. It is known or reported to run on:
<ul> <ul>
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<li>NetBSD: alpha/sparc64/i386/amd64 <li>NetBSD: alpha/sparc64/i386/amd64
<li>OpenBSD: amd64 <li>OpenBSD: amd64
</ul> </ul>
Feel free to send me an e-mail if you've ccollect running on another Feel free to send an e-mail if you are running ccollect on another
OS or architecture. OS or architecture.
### Sample configurations ### Sample configurations
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<li><a href="config/ccollect-eiche-2006-02-05.tar.bz2">Configuration <li><a href="config/ccollect-eiche-2006-02-05.tar.bz2">Configuration
for ccollect 0.3.3 or earlier from eiche.intern.schottelius.org</a> for ccollect 0.3.3 or earlier from eiche.intern.schottelius.org</a>
</ul> </ul>
<h3>Getting ccollect</h3>
<h4>via git</h4> ### Getting ccollect
<pre> You can get the latest (development) version via git:
git clone git://git.schottelius.org/cLinux/ccollect.git
or git clone git://git.schottelius.org/cLinux/ccollect.git
git clone http://git.schottelius.org/cLinux/ccollect.git
</pre> A git mirror can be found at
* [github](http://github.com/telmich/ccollect/tree/master)
Alternatively, you can Alternatively, you can
<A HREF="http://git.schottelius.org/?p=cLinux/ccollect.git;a=summary">look [look at the current
at the current status in gitweb</A>. status in gitweb](http://git.schottelius.org/?p=cLinux/ccollect.git;a=summary).
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<h4>Releases</h4> <h4>Releases</h4>
<ul> <ul>