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This release improves building and installation process.

This release contains fix of incorrect handling of archives with inaccessible path and other small fixes.

This release improves compatibility with future Python versions.

This version fixes inverted application exit code.

This version fixes incompatibility with Python 3.10.

AutoArchive 2 has been released with many improvements over version 1. Most notably: possibility to keep old backups which would otherwise be overwritten, running custom commands before and after backup creation or support of zstd compression format.

Release of new major version also means the end of support for the previous one. So version 1 (which last release is 1.0.4) is no longer supported.

This release contains fixed distribution package which was broken in previous release.

New feature version of AutoArchive contains possibility to reference external archive specification files plus other small improvements and fixes.

New release of stable AutoArchive contains fixes for propagating messages from 'tar' in localized environments, correct handling of disk space exhaustion and more.

This release improves usability in low free backup space conditions, adds options to execute custom commands before and after creation of all selected archives, plus contains other small improvements and bug fixes.

For those living in a Docker environment, from now it is possible to use the latest AutoArchive right from a Docker container thanks to the image openhs/autoarchive available at Docker Hub.

These minor releases improve support for PyPI hosting and 'pip' -- now it is possible to install AutoArchive in Python virtual environments simply by 'pip install autoarchive'. Plus there is an improvement in the backup creation which prevents incomplete backups to be left around.

In this new version of AutoArchive you can define arbitrary commands which will be executed before each backup creation and after it. This brings more automation and flexibility. Is allows you, for example to mount/unmount backup storage, stop/start databases and so on. So no more helper scrips, AutoArchive can handle it now.

Both these releases of AutoArchive, the simple backup utility, contain fix for an exception that might occur when backup restarting is switched to enabled for an already existing archive.

Your data are even safer with the new AutoArchive 1.1.0. Thanks to the new feature Backup Keeping old backups does not have to be overwritten with new ones no more. Defined number of backups are renamed and kept instead of being just overwritten. With the combination of incremental archiving this is a superior classic backup solution which ensures continuous availability of your historic data while retaining speed and space efficiency. Download at http://autoarchive.sourceforge.net/.

AutoArchive version 1.0.1 has been released. It fixes a crash when used with Python 3.3. You may dowload it from http://autoarchive.sourceforge.net.

Source code repository of the AutoArchive has been migrated to SourceForge Mercurial service. It is available for browsing at http://autoarchive.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/autoarchive/autoarchive . For more information on how to get the latest source code see the homepage at http://autoarchive.sourceforge.net .

Big announcement today! The first feature-complete version of AutoArchive was released. Version 1.0 represents the final product of development effort since the beginning of the project. Enjoy using the feature-stable product not worrying about breaking updates. Its support will continue during the entire development cycle of 2.0.

AutoArchive 1.0 lets you define archives in text files and simply use their names as parameters for backup creation. It can make 'tar' backups incrementally while allowing to re-create any existing backup level and also takes care of restarting to a lower level automatically. If you ask nicely, it will show you information about configured archives.... read more

Version 0.5.2 of AutoArchive is fixing the exclusion of files from the archive and backup level restarting. Download it from http://autoarchive.sourceforge.net/ and backup your files today!

Bugfix release of AutoArchive, the simple backup utility, has arrived. It fixes processing of symbolic links by the internal tar archiver, removes unrelated warnings and more. Download it from the homepage http://autoarchive.sourceforge.net.

A new version of AutoArchive, the simple backup utility, has been released. This version brings a first taste of archive management, many small improvements and fixes.

Listing of all configured archives and revealing detailed information about them was added. With this feature you can see what is the current backup level of an archive. What will be the next level; will it be restarted? What is the reason for the upcoming restart? And many more.... read more

Another feature release of AutoArchive arrived. The new version 0.4.0 brings a support for automatic backup level restarting, internal tar implementation which is independent of external tools, possibility of specifying archive's destination directory, improved handling of tar's messages and other small improvements and fixes.

AutoArchive 0.3.1 was released. Changes includes small improvements and bug fixes. Info, warning and error output messages now contains name of the archive being processed; this is particularly helpful when processing multiple archives in a single run. Fixed setting of the exit code, reading of the user-config-dir and user-config-file options and more.

AutoArchive 0.3.0, with new features, enhanced and refactored, has been released. New features includes:

Support of configuration files – no need to rely just on command line options anymore. Now it is possible to configure AutoArchive via system and per-user configuration files.

Archive specification files (.aa files) may contain configuration options as well. So it is possible to do per-archive customization. Additionally, they have now their own dedicated directory where can be placed to. It allows to use just a simple name instead of specifying full path to an .aa file. Format of the .aa files was slightly changed, migration is required though.... read more

New version of the AutoArchve -- a simple backup utility was released with added support for tar.xz archive type and some bugs fixed.