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Rsync-incr has been updated to version 1.6. New in this version:

• old backup removal was not working if the destination was on NFS, fixed. Note that backuping to NFS is not a good idea as it is quite slower than local disks, this was why it was an untested case up to now.
• new --no option to only clean old backups to make room for the new ones, but not actually performing the backups
• messages on backup deletion a bit more detailed

Get the release on the Rsync-incr page!

A small enhancement: in the logs list, we only count actual text lines, no more control messages (the ones with "***" in the name field)

See IrcLogger

Example. We were listing:

• before: 2008-11-05, Wed (14 lines)
• after: 2008-11-05, Wed (13 lines)

For the logs below:

I use scanbuttond v0.2.3, a nice linux daemon to trigger actions (shell scripts) on presses on scanner buttons, but after a motherboard upgrade, if failed with a "Segmentation Violation". The fix was a single line patch, that you can see (and other details) at ScanButtond

Just a mini release for IrcLogger, tweaking a bit the interface in html view of the logs.

irclogger has a new release, that bring a feature requested for a long time: in the html view, have a mode to see only the lines containing an url. This mode is carried on when going to previous and next days. "Zooming" in on the line is done as usual by clicking on the time a the right, which brings you to the line in its context.

Note that there is a manual step involved in the upgrade. You need to clear the cache that irclogger builds under the identitity of the web server.

• If you can be root, just do as root a rm -rf /tmp/.irclogger_logs_cache
• Otherwise, you must go to all BIN dirs of the install (the dirs where you find the files irclogger.conf)
  and in it do a ln -sf /usr/local/irclogger/irclogger_clearcache .
  Then call the URLs of all irclogger_clearcache you installed.

Rsync-incr is a linux wrapper shell (bash) script around rsync to perform automated, unattended, incremental, disk to disk backups, automatically removing old backups to make room for new ones. It produces standard mirror copies browsable and restorable without specific tools.I have been using it in production daily at work and at home since 2004.

Its web page has now been moved onto this new web site, and I made a small cosmetic new release for it, 1.5

irclogger is a simple "bot", a program connecting as a client on IRC servers to provide a web log of what is said. It aims to provide a simple, fast, efficient and web-compliant service. It is quite robust and mature, having be in daily heavy use for personal & business use since 2003.

I have migrated its page this new site, and I just released a minor release for it, 1.14b that fixes a log "off by 1" bug when selecting a search result. If you use irclogger, upgrade is recommended.