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Lucid Information Systems has announced LBackup, their Open Source command line backup tool for systems administrators. LBackup is a simple backup system aimed at systems administrators who require reliable backups with minimum fuss. LBackup is configured with configuration files and the backup is started from the command line. The current version of LBackup has been tested for over 2 years. Although this is pre-release beta software, the current version is considered to be stable.



Christchurch, NZ - August 29, 2007 - Lucid Information Systems has announced LBackup, their Open Source command line backup tool for systems administrators. LBackup is a simple backup system aimed at systems administrators who require reliable backups with minimum fuss.

LBackup is configured with configuration files and the backup is started from the command line. The current version of LBackup has been tested for over 2 years. Although this is pre-release beta software, the current version is considered to be stable.

LBackup Features at a Glance:

* Designed for User Data Backup.
* Licensed under the GNU GPL.
* Full Backup Tree.
* Encrypted Backups (Transport and Storage).
* Email Reports.
* Hard Links (Saving Space).
* RSync Back-end (Reliable).
* Pre and Post Actions (such as mounting and un-mounting volumes).
* Automation.

LBackup is licensed under the GNU GPL. *NIX administrators looking for a reliable open source backup solution with full encryption support, should visit the official LBackup home page for further details or to download LBackup.

Lucid designs, builds, and maintains tailored backup solutions. Backups can be to local media, or to remote media via one or more networks. The networks may be private LANs, WANs or sets of un-trusted public networks such as the Internet.

Lucid Information Systems: http://www.lucidsystems.org
LBackup: http://www.lucidsystems.org/lbackup