BAR - Backup archiver program | Linux Today

BAR – Backup archiver program

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 30, 2010

[ Thanks to dave for
this link. ]

“BAR is backup archiver program to create compressed
and encrypted archives of files that can be stored on a hard disk,
CD, DVD, or directly on a server via FTP, SCP, or SFTP. A server
mode and a scheduler are integrated for making automated backups in
the background. A graphical front end that can connect to the
(remote) server is included.

“Features
• can store and restore files and images
• can split archive files into pieces; each piece can be read
independent
• compress of data with zlib, bzip2 or lzma algorithms
• encryption with gcrypt algrithms (AES, TWOFISH etc.)
• asymmetric encryption with RSA
• fast file format: can find and extract single files without
decompressing/decryption of the whole archive
• direct copy of archives to remote computer via FTP or SSH
(SCP or SFTP)
• can store archives on CD/DVD (with external tools)”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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