Thanks for taking interest in dittodata! This project duplicates data
between two points, whether local or remote, allowing several methods
including mounted disks, ssh, sshfs, rsync. The main purpose for this
software was for data backup, but it can be used for any reason such
as migration of data between servers or other devices, or any other
reason that data would need to be duplicated.
To Install:
1. cd /path/to/dittodata
2. sudo cp ./bin/* /bin
3. sudo cp ./etc/* /etc
To Use:
1. dittodata --help
Although not a single file project, this software boasts an impressive
amount of features in a small footprint! Here's a short list of some
functionality that can be utilized:
o Mounts ext2/3/4, FAT, NTFS, and other filesystem formats
o Mounts Linux (NFS) and Windows (CIFS) networked shares
o Can use ssh or sshfs for networked and remote data
o Automated ssh key installation with remote devices
o Securely syncs remote data using ssh encryption
o Jobs can be enabled or disabled
o Jobs can be for the device or for a user
o Pre and post-run script options for each job
o Included alert.php script for email alerts
o Ability to include tags in email alerts
Backup data using a config file:
backup --config=/home/user/personal.cfg
Sync data between two mounted drives:
backup --name=DupeData --type=sync --include=/tmp/files.txt \
--source=/mnt/sda1 --target=/mnt/sdb3
Backup updated data from a computer to a Windows server:
backup --name=backup --type=incremental --include=/tmp/files \
--source=/home/user --target='\\server\users\private' \
--targetUser=username --targetPass=password --targetDomn=mybiz
Backup all data from a Linux network share to a remote device via ssh:
backup --name=migrate --type=full --include=/tmp/files.txt \
--source=//server/data --target='@1.2.3.4:/opt/dump' \
--targetUser=username --targetPass=password
Restore select files from a Linux network share to a computer:
restore --name='Users' --files='/opt/wb.db,/home/user/my.pst' \
--overwrite=all --source=//server/data --target='/tmp' \
--sourceUser=username --sourcePass=password
Show all the current backup jobs:
dittodata --show
Show the configuration for a specific job:
dittodata --info --name='My Backup Job'
Save a backup job to run once a month on the 1st @ 2:30am:
dittodata --save --name='A new job' --include=/etc/jobs/new.cfg \
--limit=12 --compression=bzip --type=full --alert=always \
--source=/home/user --target='%backup_server:/mnt/ext_drive' \
--targetUser=username --targetPass=password --hour=2 --min=30 \
--freq=monthly --list=1
Since we are working with several many projects (13 on github alone),
we are going to provide an anticipated timeline of releases using
internal staff. Obviously outside contribution will advance these
forecasted dates.
2025 Oct - update pax; modify to work with (TC) TinyCore Linux
2026 Jan - package dittodata for (TC) TinyCore Linux
2026 Feb - completion of ModuleMaker for webWorks
2026 Apr - migration of existing webWorks modules using ModuleMaker
- migration of Tracker into webWorks and deprecation of
of standalone project
2026 May - update paged to 2018 code base from ACME
- apply any patches for bug fixes to existing projects
2026 Jun - update web.libs for dittodata and web.de
2026 Aug - move code from web.de into cli.de and update the former
to use the latter via XML communication
2026 - rest of 2026 tbd
