@(#)README 1.1 02/01/23 README for abcd, an automatic backup copy daemon. Version 1.3.0 January 2002. Permission is given to distribute these sources, as long as the copyright messages are not removed, and no monies are exchanged. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS: 1. What is abcd? 2. Getting started. 3. Acknowledgements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What is abcd? ---------------- Abcd is an automatic backup copy daemon, which copies files from one filesystem to another using either cp or rcp. Note the second filesystem could be on another machine if the file system is NFS mounted. This means that the backup machine should have an identical copy of the filestore being monitored, give or take a little bit. The original version of this was written in November 1985, and the first general release was made available in May 1988, the second release following in January 1990.. This version contains a rewrite of the directory reading routines to try to make the code more portable, plus a general tidy up. It has been tested on SunOS v4.0, and SCO Xenix 286 (v2.2.3). I would be interested to here from people who port it to other Unix machines. See the manual pages for more details. 2. Getting started. ------------------- See the INSTALL file for details of how to configure and build this 3. Acknowledgements. -------------------- Many thanks go to Po Cheung Ng (Andrew) who ported abcd to SCO Xenix 286 (v2.2.3), fixing several memory leaks in the process. Thanks go also to Bart Schaefer, Len Rose and Gjalt de Jong for bug reports and/or bug fixes plus suggested enhancements. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suggestions for further improvement would be most welcome, plus bug reports and comments. Rich Burridge, rich.burridge@sun.com