Command Line Backup tool over SSH with Versioning

Question

I am looking for command line backup tool for Mac OSX. The features I am looking for:

• preferences for a backup are stored in a separate "profile" file so that one codebase can do more than one set of backups

• versioning

• backup destination can be locally attached drive, over ssh...

• email notifications

• automatic clean up of old backups

• MySQL backup

• will preserve Mac OSX metadata

  I have tried the following tools:

• eloy code.google.com/p/eloy/

• RubyGem Backup rubygems.org/gems/backup

• mlbackup maclemon.at/mlbackup

If you know of any others please post the address and any experience you have had with them.

Answer 1

rdiff-backup appears to meet most of your criteria.

• 'Profile' is just a cron job (at command) that schedules the backup with source and destination strings
• versioning, yup it's got that.
• runs local or over ssh, yup it's got that.
• email notification, part of the cron job, examples abound, google is your friend.
• clean up can just be another scheduled job.
• MySQL backup I dunno, never had a need for that.
• Mac OSX metadata, Docs say it does. I don't run Mac OSX so you will have to verify on your own hardware.