Copiaris (scriptable copy/backup utility)

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Copiaris (scriptable copy/backup utility)

#1 Post by Midas »

Moonsoftware's Copiaris looked unique enough to hold my attention. Unfortunately I can't really test it right now as well I should, so I'm submitting it to TPFC to see what the community will make of it.

The main highlight here is the fact that Copiaris is scriptable -- scripts are plain text files with INI-like formatting (see below for an example) -- in both GUI and CLI modalities; it also comes very well documented with a 65 page PDF user guide, supports file versioning and is "shadow copy" compatible (i.e., Windows VSS).

Copiaris is liteware but the freeware can be turned into the full version once a valid license key is supplied; limitations of the free version are detailed upfront at:



Copiaris installer can be (Uni)extracted easily but it requires running the installer for the extraction to work -- see Uniextractor's warning dialog below.

Copiaris (formerly Backup Magic) is Unicode-aware file copy, backup and automation tool for advanced users and IT professionals. It allows to design and execute foolproof click-to-run or unattended file copy scenarios that are as simple or complicated as needed. Lite version is free for private and commercial use but has some limitations.

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Copiaris latest release installer (currently v2.3.4) can be downloaded from http://www.moonsoftware.com/downloads.

Lastly, here's a sample Copiaris script.

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[Copiaris]
Version=2.3.0
ScriptID=130921175731
TasksCount=2
Elevate=0

[BackupSet]
WolEnabled=1
Log=0
WolIP=192.168.1.10
WolMAC=Write MAC of your NAS here
EndAction=7

[Task1]
Type=2
Drive=\\nas\backup
Timeout=300

[Task2]
Type=3
Text=NAS is now accessible.<nl><nl>Keep this message on screen until you have finished working with NAS, then press OK to close.

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Re: Copiaris (scriptable copy/backup utility)

#2 Post by webfork »

Good find here -- this is a very competent program to be offering in a freeware (or liteware in this case) version. The functionality is very impressive with batch renaming, loads of versioning options, filters, shadow copying, etc. The interface looks good as well -- I always like to see programs that play both in the text file and checklist-style scripting camps, as well as CLI. If you were looking for an introductory program for handling admin functions, you could do a lot worse.

I am curious how they mean to enable "minimal disk I/O to offer high performance, especially noticeable when copying over network" ... How exactly does that work? Delta copying?

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