Re: Python Gui interface

Hi Harry,

I'm happy to hear about your interest but before you invest too much time =
in a new tool,  you might want to liaise with Patrik, who's maintaining Min=
arca=2E He'll probably be happy to help solve your issue with Debian (he's =
active on this list) and avoid diluting an already small community=2E=20

Regarding the query about a progress bar,  there is no such thing because =
rdiff-backup works extensively with iterators=2E And those iterators don't =
know in advance their length a they're based on file system information=2E =
This said,  as files are sorted in alphabetical order,  you could estimate =
a percentage based on their first letter or something like this=2E  With se=
verity 5 and more, you get a list of all files as they are being handled=2E=
=20

It never appeared to me that progress bars are more precise than what I ju=
st suggested =F0=9F=98=9C=20

Hope this helps, whatever you decide,=20
Eric

On May 26, 2024 5:17:18 PM UTC, Harry A Jarrell <hajarrell@gmail=2Ecom> wr=
ote:
>I am interested in developing a GUI interface for rdiff-backup=2E I have =
tried both of the web interfaces and neither one works on a debian based sy=
stem=2E Rdiffweb gives a 500 on the next page after the=C2=A0 login and Min=
arca is not able to find the =2Edeb to do the install=2E My one question is=
 there an hook in rdiff-backup that is able to show the progress of the bac=
kup=2E I understand that rdiff-backup is not interactive and doesn't need t=
his functionality, but if it is not available, is there anywhere in the pro=
gram where that information could easily be exposed?
>
>My vision is to provide a first version quickly, that will do local backu=
ps and then expand the system to provide almost the complete functionality =
of rdiff-backup with a graphical interface=2E=C2=A0 I see the only limitati=
on being an include and an exclude string, not the multiple ordered include=
 and excludes that would be available currently=2E
>
>I have been using rdiff-backup for quite a few years and don't have any p=
roblem with using is in crontab or the command line, but I feel that such a=
 useful piece of software needs to be more accessible to people who are not=
 comfortable using the command line or crontab=2E
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