FlyBack

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{{Infobox software

| name = FlyBack

| screenshot = Screenshot FlyBack 0.3.3.png

| screenshot size = 250px

| caption = FlyBack screenshot

| developer = Derek Anderson

| latest release version = v0.6.5

| latest release date = {{release date and age|2010|05|05}}

| operating system = Linux

| genre = Backup software

| programming language = Python

| license = GPL

| website = {{URL|code.google.com/p/flyback}}

}}

FlyBack is an open-source backup utility for Linux[http://www.software-news.com.ar/go/549/Get_Time-Machine-Like_Snapshot_Backup_with_FlyBack "Get Time-Machine-Like Snapshot Backup with FlyBack."] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121230081009/http://www.software-news.com.ar/go/549/Get_Time-Machine-Like_Snapshot_Backup_with_FlyBack |date=2012-12-30 }} [http://www.software-news.com.ar Software-news.com.ar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015233453/http://software-news.com.ar/ |date=2011-10-15 }} Accessed September 2011.[http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20090106114952173/FlyBack.html "Flyback."] [http://www.linuxlinks.com Linuxlinks.com]. Accessed September 2011 based on Git and modeled loosely after Apple's Time Machine.[http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/Flyback_Time_Machine_for_Linux_Mostly/ "Flyback: Time Machine for Linux, Mostly."] [http://www.macobserver.com The Mac Observer]. Accessed September 2011.

Overview

FlyBack creates incremental backups of files, which can be restored at a later date. FlyBack presents a chronological view of a file system, allowing individual files or directories to be previewed or retrieved one at a time. Flyback was originally based on rsync when the project began in 2007, but in October 2009 it was rewritten from scratch using Git.{{cite web|title=flyback Committed Changes|url=https://code.google.com/p/flyback/source/list?r=37dfc4e8a23a7cdfda32917c62dbaa5f685f3493|accessdate=12 December 2013}}

User interface

FlyBack presents the user with a typical file-manager style view of their file system, but with additional controls allowing the user to go forward or backward in time. It shows to the user files that exist, do not exist or have changed since the last version, and allows them to preview them before deciding to restore or ignore them.