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SimpleBackup v1.8.1 |
System | Compatible | Notes |
Microsoft Windows 95/98 | No | lack of file locking ability. |
Microsoft Windows Millennium | Unknown | Operating system was not tested. |
Microsoft Windows NT4 | Yes | Need to install Perl 5.6.1 or over *1, or use the Win32 compiled version (simplebackup.exe / simplecrypt.exe). It might be needed to install some extra Perl modules if using the Perl version (simplebackup.pl), check the requirements for more details. |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | Yes | Need to install Perl 5.6.1 or over *1, or use the Win32 compiled version (simplebackup.exe / simplecrypt.exe). It might be needed to install some extra Perl modules if using the Perl version (simplebackup.pl), check the requirements for more details. |
Microsoft Windows XP | Yes | Need to install Perl 5.6.1 or over *1, or use the Win32 compiled version (simplebackup.exe / simplecrypt.exe). It might be needed to install some extra Perl modules if using the Perl version (simplebackup.pl), check the requirements for more details. |
Microsoft Windows 2003 | Yes | Need to install Perl 5.6.1 or over *1, or use the Win32 compiled version (simplebackup.exe / simplecrypt.exe). It might be needed to install some extra Perl modules if using the Perl version (simplebackup.pl), check the requirements for more details. |
Microsoft Windows Vista | Unknown | Operating system was not tested. |
Redhat 8.0 Linux | Yes | It might be needed to install some extra Perl modules, check the requirements for more details. |
Redhat 9.0 Linux | Yes | It might be needed to install some extra Perl modules, check the requirements for more details. |
SuSe 8.1 Linux | Yes | It might be needed to install some extra Perl modules, check the requirements for more details. |
SuSe 9.1 Linux | Yes | It might be needed to install some extra Perl modules, check the requirements for more details. |
Openbsd 3.5 | Yes | It might be needed to install some extra Perl modules, check the requirements for more details. |
Openbsd 3.6 | Yes | It might be needed to install some extra Perl modules, check the requirements for more details. |
Openbsd 3.8 | Yes | It might be needed to install some extra Perl modules, check the requirements for more details. |
FreeBsd 4.1.0 | Unknown | Operating system was not tested. It requires a perl version upgrade since the one build in is far to old. |
FreeBsd 5.2.1 | Yes | It might be needed to install some extra Perl modules, check the requirements for more details. The Perl libnet module is definitely required to use ftp/email backups and email reporting. |
Mac OS/X | Unknown | Operating system was not tested, but success runs have been reported by some users. |
HP-UX | Unknown | Operating system was not tested, but the tar command is very limited so tar or tar like backups will not work with simplebackup. |
Solaris 10 | Yes | It might be needed to install some extra Perl modules, check the requirements for more details. |
Aix | Unknown | Operating system was not tested. |
Other Unix's | Unknown | Since simplebackup is a Perl program it should work on almost all Unix like systems. |
Requirement | Notes |
Perl 5.6.1 or over *1 | If running simplebackup or simplecrypt with the Perl version [ simplebackup.pl ; simplecrypt.pl ]. |
rar/winrar 3.6 or over | For the creation of rar type of archive backups. |
7-Zip v4.42 or over | For the creation of 7z type of archive backups. |
info-zip zip 2.3 or over | For the creation of zip type of archive backups (A windows version of info-zip, zip v2.3.1 and unzip 5.53 is included with the simplebackup package) *2. |
info-zip unzip 5.52 or over | For the creation of zip type of archive backups (A windows version of info-zip, zip v2.3.1 and unzip 5.53 is included with the simplebackup package) *2. |
tar | For the creation of tar type of archive backups, *3. |
tar and compress | For the creation of tar.Z type of archive backups, *3. |
tar and gzip | For the creation of tar.gz type of archive backups, *3. |
tar and bzip2 | For the creation of tar.bz2 type of archive backups, *3. |
Openssh sftp | For secure ftp (sftp) backup when using the sftp transport (sftp_transport = sftp), this is usually used on Unix systems. |
Putty psftp | For secure ftp (sftp) backup when using the sftp transport (sftp_transport = psftp), this is on Windows systems only *2. |
cat | For passing the backup or restore list into the archive command *4. |
vi | For editing configuration files and showing the log file *4. |
type | For passing the backup or restore list into the archive command *5. |
notepad | For editing configuration files and showing the log file *5. |
HTTP::DAV perl module | Required if you intend to do http web-dav backups/restores *6 *7. |
Libnet perl module | Required if you intend to do ftp or email backups/restores or if using email reporting *6 *7. |
Authen-SASL perl module | Required if your smtp mail server needs authentication *6 *7. |
Expect perl module | Required if you intend to do sftp (secure ftp) backups/restores using the openssh sftp program, this usually is only required on unix systems *6 *7. |
Software | Link (URL) | Notes |
Perl | http://www.perl.com | Source code version for compiling and installing in Unix systems. |
Perl | http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl | Compiled version to use in Microsoft Windows systems. |
Perl Cpan | http://www.cpan.org | This is the central area of Perl code, containing a large and updated collection of Perl modules and scripts. This site is mostly useless for Microsoft Windows users since it contains source code. |
Activestate Programmer Network | http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN | This is the central area of Perl code and Perl compiled modules for ActiveState Perl. This site should be used by Microsoft Windows users to download and install Perl Modules. |
Rar and Winrar | http://www.rarlab.com | This is commercial software, you can download and try it but to use it you need to buy a license (it's not very expensive). |
7-zip | http://www.7-zip.org | This is open source software, unix versions exist but the main version is for Microsoft Windows only. |
Info-Zip | http://www.info-zip.org | This is open source software, required to support zip archives. Versions exist for Unix and Microsoft Windows systems. |
Tar | http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/tar.html | This is a link for the gnu tar version, generally this is not need in Unix systems and support in Microsoft Windows is bit problematic. |
Gzip | http://www.gzip.org | This is open source software. Versions exist for Unix and Microsoft Windows systems. |
Bzip2 | http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2 | This is open source software. Versions exist for Unix and Microsoft Windows systems. |
Perl Cpan | http://www.cpan.org | This is the central area of Perl code, containing a large and updated collection of Perl modules and scripts. This site is mostly useless for Microsoft Windows users since it contains source code. |
Putty SSH Tools | http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html | This is a group of free (not open source) ssh (secure comunications) programs and contains the psftp program that is used by simplebackup to allow sftp (secure ftp) backups and restores on Microsoft Windows systems. |
Openssh | http://www.openssh.com | This is a group of open source ssh (secure comunications) programs and contains the sftp program that is used by simplebackup to allow sftp (secure ftp) backups and restores. This is source code and generally speaking it should only be compiled and installed in Unix Systems. Please notice that most modern Unix systems feature Openssh so probably you don't need to install this. |
Format | Created by | Compression rate | Data corruption correction | Size limits | Speed | Notes |
tar | tar | None | No | Depends on his version and "flavor" | Very Fast | This format has the main advantage of being a "standard" on all Unix systems, but it does not compresses the backup data and it has no build in data corruption correction, you can possibly fix a tar archive but you will lose some data. Windows support for it is not usual. |
tar.Z | tar and compress | Poor | No | Depends on the version and "flavor" of both | Very Fast | The compress archiver is a very ancient piece of software, older than this developer, i'm shore that it had his prime time some day but from my testing (in HP-UX) it's fast but has a very limited compression algorithm and many others limitations. It's strongly recommended not USING it at all. Windows support for it is not usual. |
tar.gz | tar and gzip | Good | No | Depends on the versions of both and the "flavor" of tar | Fast | The gzip archiver is a good archiver the algorithm is effective. For me the main bad thing about is that it can only compress files, so usually we have to create a tar archive and then gzip it, there for creating the tar.gz archive. It has no build in data corruption correction, you can possibly fix a tar.gz archive but you will lose some data. Windows support for it is not usual. |
tar.bz2 | tar and bzip2 | Almost Excelent | No | Depends on the versions of both and the "flavor" of tar | Fast | The bzip2 archiver is a good archiver the algorithm is even more effective than gzip. For me the main bad thing about is that it can only compress files, so usually we have to create a tar archive and then bzip it, there for creating the tar.gz archive. It has no build in data corruption correction, you can possibly fix a tar.bz2 archive but you will lose some data. Windows support for it is not usual. |
7z | 7-Zip 7z.exe | Excelent | No | 16000000000GB | Not very fast | The 7-ZIP archiver uses a very good algorithm, things get compressed a lot, the price you pay is time, loads of cpu time. For me the main bad thing about it is the lack of data corruption correction, if a 7z archive is corrupted i have no idea if you can recover it without losing something. Unix support for it exists but is a bit "erratic" to say the least, the program is open source but the main author of it is more of a Windows person i think. The compression technology is probably the best in this list, the program is stable for most uses but there are still some parts where it does not appear "stable". |
zip | info-zip zip.exe and unzip.exe | Medium | No | 2Gb on most systems | Fast | This format has the main advantage of being a web "standard" most systems and users can compress and uncompress zip archives, but it has limitations when dealing with large amounts of data and it has no error correction build in, you can possibly fix a zip archive but you will lose some data. |
rar | rar or winrar | Excelent | Yes | 8589934591GB | Not very fast | This is my favourite compression archiver, it's close source but the program is very reliable, with load of features, cross platform, easy to use, has very large limits almost has high has 7-ZIP, and the compression algorithm is very good, the error correction also enables it to recover from some error without losing data. Has a plus the main developer is a great person. |
File or Directory | Description |
unix_readme.txt | The first simplebackup documentation (in Unix format) that points into the full documentation in the [ documentation/ ] directory. |
windows_readme.txt | The first simplebackup documentation (in Microsoft format) that points into the full documentation in the [ documentation\ ] directory. |
documentation/readme.html | The full simplebackup documentation under standard html format. |
documentation/unix_readme.txt | Full Simplebackup documentation (in Unix format). |
documentation/windows_readme.txt | Full Simplebackup documentation (in Microsoft format). |
documentation/unix_copying.txt | GNU License, by which simplebackup is licensed (in Unix format). |
documentation\windows_copying.txt | GNU License, by which simplebackup is licensed (in Microsoft format). |
File or Directory | Description |
simplebackup.pl | The simplebackup program. |
simplecrypt.pl | The simplecrypt encryption program, this can be used to encrypt/decrypt files using the SimpleCrypt algorithm. |
perl.modules/readme.txt | Small help on how to install the perl modules. |
perl.modules/Authen-SASL-2.10/ | SASL 2.0.8 mail module for perl, required in mail reporting if you are using a smtp mail server that required authentication for sending emails. *4. |
perl.modules/http-dav/ | Contains all the perl modules and a c library required by simplebackup (and other perl programs) to support http web-dav backups and restores. |
perl.modules/http-dav/HTTP-DAV-0.31/ | Contains the Perl HTTP DAV module that is required by the Perl to support http web dav backups. *4. |
perl.modules/http-dav/XML-DOM-1.44/ | Contains the Perl XML-DOM module that is required by the HTTP Dav module *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/expat-2.0.0/ | Contains the C expat library for parsing XML (written by James Clark Perl) it's needed by XML-DOM module *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/libwww-perl-5.805/ | Contains the Perl Libwww module that are required by the HTTP DAV and XML-DOM modules *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/Digest-MD5-2.36/ | Contains the Perl Digest-MD5 module that is required by the Libwww module. *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/HTML-Parser-3.55/ | Contains the Perl HTML-Parser module that is required by the Libwww module. *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/HTML-Tagset-3.10/ | Contains the Perl HTML-Tagset module that is required by the HTML-Parser module. *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/Compress-Zlib-2.001/ | Contains the Perl Compress-Zlib module that is required by the Libwww module. *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.001/ | Contains the Perl Compress-Raw-Zlib module that is required by the Compress-Zlib module. *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/IO-Compress-Zlib-2.001/ | Contains the Perl IO-Compress-Zlib module that is required by the Compress-Zlib module. *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/IO-Compress-Base-2.001/ | Contains the Perl IO-Compress-Base module that is required by the IO-Compress-Zlib module. *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/MIME-Base64-3.07/ | Contains the Perl MIME-Base64 module that is required by the Libwww module. *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/URI-1.35/ | Contains the Perl URI module that is required by the Libwww module. *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/Crypt-SSLeay-0.51/ | Contains the Perl Crypt-SSLeay that is a optional requirement of the Libwww module. To install this you need to have the openssh and the openssh libraries installed. The Crypt-SSLeay provides https webdav support (encrypted http) to perl programs, future simplebackup versions might support this so you are suggested to install it. *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/IO-Socket-SSL-1.01/ | Contains the Perl IO-Socket-SSL that is a optional requirement of the Libwww module. The IO-Socket-SSL provides https webdav support (encrypted http) to perl programs, future simplebackup versions might support this so you are suggested to install it. *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/Net_SSLeay.pm-1.30/ | Contains the Perl Net_SSLeay that is a requirement of the IO-Socket-SSL module. To install this you need to have the OpenSSL and the OpenSSL libraries installed. The Net_SSLeay provides https webdav support (encrypted http) to perl programs, future simplebackup versions might support this so you are suggested to install it. *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/libxml-perl-0.08/ | Contains the Perl libxml module that is required by the XML-DOM module *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/XML-Parser-2.34/ | Contains the Perl XML-Parser module that is required by the XML-DOM module *4.. |
perl.modules/http-dav/XML-RegExp-0.03/ | Contains the Perl XML Regular Expressions module that is required by the XML-DOM module *4.. |
perl.modules/Expect-1.20/ | Contains the Perl Expect module that is required by simplebackup if you intend to do sftp backups (secure ftp) using the open ssh sftp program *4. |
perl.modules/IO-Tty-1.07/ | Contains the Perl IO-Tpy module that is required by the Perl Expect module. *4. |
perl.modules/libnet-1.19/ | LibNet module for Perl, required for ftp backup support, e-mail backups and mail reporting. Any standard Perl installation should already have this included but it's here just in case you require it *4. |
File or Directory | Description |
simplebackup.pl | The simplebackup program. |
simplebackup.exe | The simplebackup program in Windows 32 bits compiled version, this can be used to run simplebackup in x86 Windows Machines without installing perl. |
simplecrypt.pl | The simplecrypt encryption program, this can be used to encrypt/decrypt files using the SimpleCrypt algorithm. |
simplecrypt.exe | The simplecrypt encryption program in Windows 32 bits compiled version, this can be used to run simplecrypt in x86 Windows Machines without installing perl. |
info-zip\readme.txt | Small help about the info zip package and how to install it *1. |
info-zip\zip-2.32\ | A copy of the Info-Zip zip program v2.3.2 for Windows, downloaded from http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ This is required by simplebackup if you want to create zip backups. Notice this is not my software and it's NOT under the GNU License, for license details about it see the LICENSE file inside of this directory *1 *3. |
info-zip\unzip-5.52\ | A copy of the Info-Zip unzip program v5.5.2 for Windows, downloaded from http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ This is required by simplebackup if you want to restore from zip backups. Notice this is not my software and it's NOT under the GNU License, for license details about it see the LICENSE file inside of this directory *1 *3. |
putty-0.58\readme.txt | Small help about the putty package and how to install it. |
putty-0.58\putty-0.58-installer.exe | A copy of the putty install package v0.58 which includes several ssh programs such has putty.exe, pscp.exe, psftp *1, etc *3. |
7-zip-4.42\readme.txt | Small help about the 7-zip package and how to install it . |
7-zip-4.42\7z442.exe | A copy of the 7-zip v4.42 install program *3. |
perl.modules\perl-5.6.x\readme.txt | A small help on how to install the activestate perl modules. This is relevant for activestate perl 5.6.x *1 *2. |
perl.modules\perl-5.6.x\install.cmd | A Windows cmd script to install all simplebackup perl modules on activestate perl 5.6.x *1 *2. |
perl.modules\perl-5.6.x\Authen-SASL-2.09\ | SASL 2.0.9 mail module for activestateperl 5.6.x, required in mail reporting if you are using a smtp mail server that requires authentication for sending emails *1 *2 *3. |
perl.modules\perl-5.8.x\readme.txt | A small help on how to install the activestate perl modules. This is relevant for activestate perl 5.6.x *1 *2. |
perl.modules\perl-5.8.x\install.cmd | A Windows cmd script to install all simplebackup perl modules on activestate perl 5.8.x *1 *2. |
perl.modules\perl-5.8.x\Authen-SASL-2.10\ | SASL 2.1.0 mail module for activestateperl 5.8.x, required in mail reporting if you are using a smtp mail server that requires authentication for sending emails *1 *2 *3. |
perl.modules\perl-5.8.x\http_dav_0.3.1\ | HTTP-DAV v0.3.1 perl module, required to do http webdav backups/restores *1 *2 *3. |
perl.modules\perl-5.8.x\libxml-perl-0.08\ | libxml v0.08, perl module required by the HTTP-DAV Module *1 *2 *3. |
perl.modules\perl-5.8.x\XML-DOM-1.44\ | xml-dom v1.44, perl module required by the HTTP-DAV Module *1 *2 *3. |
perl.modules\perl-5.8.x\XML-RegExp-0.03\ | xml-regexp v1.44, perl module required by the HTTP-DAV Module *1 *2 *3. |