Programming talk:Brackup

To Do

1. * initialize
   1. *find a small dir to archive
   2. * make a small script (robfilecopy) to archive it via copy
   3. * make a small script (robbrackup) to archive it via brackup
2. first backup test
   1. * robfilecopy
   2. * do a diff on the files
   3. * robbrackup
   4. * wipe the original file
   5. restore the file from brackup
   6. do a diff on the files
3. first incremental test
   1. make a slight modification to the original
   2. rename robfilecopied version to .old
   3. robfilecopy again
   4. do a diff on the files
   5. robbrackup
   6. wipe the original file
   7. restore the file from brackup
   8. do a diff on the files
4. first test with encryption
   1. get gpg keys set up
   2. robfilecopy
   3. do a diff on the files
   4. robbrackup
   5. wipe the original file
   6. restore the file from brackup
   7. do a diff on the files
5. first encrypted test to Amazon
   1. get Amazon keys set up
   2. modify robbrackup to use Amazon as target
   3. robfilecopy
   4. do a diff on the files
   5. robbrackup
   6. wipe the original file
   7. restore the file from brackup
   8. do a diff on the files
6. set up a cron job
7. modify the file between cron jobs
8. recover from Amazon

Did:

1. download Brackup 1.6
2. do a quick local file test