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- Welcome to Attic
- ================
- |project_name| is a deduplicating backup program written in Python.
- The main goal of |project_name| is to provide an efficient and secure way
- to backup data. The data deduplication technique used makes |project_name|
- suitable for daily backups since only actual changes are stored.
- Easy to use
- -----------
- Initialize a new backup :ref:`repository <repository_def>` and create your
- first backup :ref:`archive <archive_def>` in two lines::
- $ attic init /usbdrive/my-backup.attic
- $ attic create -v /usbdrive/my-backup.attic::documents ~/Documents
- See the :ref:`quickstart` chapter for a more detailed example.
- Easy installation
- -----------------
- You can use pip to install |project_name| quickly and easily::
- $ pip install attic
- |project_name| is also part of the Debian_, Ubuntu_ and `Arch Linux`_
- distributions of GNU/Linux.
- Need more help with installing? See :ref:`installation`.
- User's Guide
- ============
- .. toctree::
- :maxdepth: 2
- foreword
- installation
- quickstart
- usage
- faq
- Getting help
- ============
- If you've found a bug or have a concrete feature request you can add your bug
- report or feature request directly to the project `issue tracker`_. For more
- general questions or discussions a post to the mailing list is preferred.
- Mailing list
- ------------
- There is a mailing list for Attic on librelist_ you can use for feature
- requests and general discussions about Attic. A mailing list archive is
- available `here <http://librelist.com/browser/attic/>`_.
- To subscribe to the list send an email to attic@librelist.com and reply
- to the confirmation mail. Likevise To unsubscribe send an email to
- attic-unsubscribe@librelist.com and reply to the confirmation mail.
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