This is deprecated as I'm now using borg backup.

python-backup

Configuration file based file backup

Installation

pip install python-backup

Usage

backup [config-path]

Configuration

python-backup assumes the following folder structure:

/etc/
  backup.d/
    backup.yml
    sources.d/
      *.yml

For examples see the etc folder.

Features

rdiff-backup back end
Backup dependency chains
Multithreaded
YAML config files
pre/post hooks for each backup job

Known deficiencies

Infinity loops from bad dependency chains