It is not intended to be detailed and precise documentation, but rather to provide a general understanding of how it works, which helps reduce the time needed to learn how to maintain Areca.
Only the linked topics have any level of documentation; the missing links are topics that could be documented.
- Roadmap
- Authors
- Plugins
- Translations
- Platforms
- Contribute
- Authors
- First changes after forking Areca Backup
- Workspace
- $USER/.areca/preferences.properties
- Target configuration (*.bcfg XML files)
- areca-backup/config/fwk.properties
- Targets
- Sources (File System)
- Destinations (File System | FTP | SFTP)
- Storage modes (Standard | Delta | Image)
- Compression (None | Zip | Zip 64)
- File management
- Encryption
- Filters
- Pre/post processing
- Transactions
- Groups
- Backups (Incremental | Differential | Full | Simulate)
- Archives (e.g. 1234567890)
- Directory structure
- 1234567890/yymmdd.zip_data/.committed
- 1234567890/yymmdd.zip_data/content
- 1234567890/yymmdd.zip_data/hash
- 1234567890/yymmdd.zip_data/manifest
- 1234567890/yymmdd.zip_data/trace
- 1234567890/history
- Directory structure
- Recovers
- Launchers (GUI | TUI)
- TUI
- GUI
- Menus
- Workspace
- Open workspace ... (Ctrl + W)
- Save copy as ... (Ctrl + P)
- Import ...
- Preferences ...
- Quit (Ctrl + Q)
- Edit
- New group ... (Ctrl + G)
- Delete group ...
- New target ... (Ctrl + T)
- Edit target ... (Ctrl + E)
- Delete target ...
- Duplicate target
- Wizards
- Generate backup shortcut ...
- Generate backup strategy commands ...
- Run
- Simulate backup (Ctrl + S)
- Backup ... (Ctrl + Enter)
- Merge archives ...
- Delete archives ... (Ctrl + Delete)
- Recover ...
- Check ... (Ctrl + C)
- Backup all targets
- Help
- Help ... (F1)
- Tutorial ...
- Check for new version ...
- Plugins ...
- Support Areca Backup
- About ...
- Workspace
- Button bar
- Modify your preferences
- Create a new target
- Edit the target
- Launch a backup process
- Merge the archives
- Delete the archives
- Recover the archive
- Displays Areca's help
- Current workspace / Open a workspace (Workspace selector)
- Target/Group panel
- Target/Group detail
- Tabs
- Archives / Physical view
- Logical view
- Historic
- Indicators
- Search
- Log
- Progression
- UI links
- Icons
- Shortcut list
- Window dialogs
- Areca Backup - Backup
- Areca Backup - Preferences
- Areca Backup - Target edition
- Areca Backup - Target deletion
- Areca Backup - FTP Parameters
- Areca Backup - Source edition
- Areca Backup - Filter edition
- Areca Backup - Action edition
- Areca Backup - Generate backup shortcut ...
- Areca Backup - Generate backup strategy commands ...
- Areca Backup - Create a copy of the current workspace
- Areca Backup - Import existing configuration
- Areca Backup - Group Edition
- Areca Backup - Backup simulation for target_name
- Areca Backup - Archive check (target_name)
- Areca Backup - Archive detail
- Areca Backup - Data recovery
- Areca Backup - New version found
- Areca Backup - No new version found
- Areca Backup - About
- Areca Backup - Process report
- Areca Backup - Version check module
- Context menus
- Target
- Simulate backup (Ctrl + S)
- Backup ... (Ctrl + Enter)
- New group ... (Ctrl + G)
- New target ... (Ctrl + T)
- Edit target (Ctrl + E)
- Edit XML configurarion ...
- Delete target ...
- Duplicate target
- Wizards
- Generate backup shortcut ...
- Generate backup strategy commands ...
- Group
- Backup ... (Ctrl + Enter)
- New group ... (Ctrl + G)
- Delete group ...
- New target ... (Ctrl + T)
- Generate backup shortcut ...
- Archive
- Merge archives ...
- Delete archive ...
- Recover ...
- Check ...
- Archive detail ...
- Logical view
- Recover ...
- Copy file names
- View ...
- View as test ...
- Search
- Archives
- Logical view
- Log
- Clear
- Areca Backup - Archive detail (modal)
- Recover ...
- Copy file names
- Target
- Menus