Mad Dog Backup System

About Mad Dog Backup System

Mad Dog Backup System is a simple application that allows users to upload files to a server via a Web browser. It's written in C, HTML, JavaScript, and Perl. As quotas are not enforced, clients may upload as many files as the server allows.

News

April 9th, 2012.

  • Released version 2.2.1.
  • Corrected compiler warnings.
  • Removed compression.

January 4th, 2011.

  • A lint-based release.

December 17th, 2009.

  • Improved the install.pl file.
  • Corrected and simplified the installation.

November 22nd, 2007.

  • Released version 2.2.
  • Resolved an issue with a closedir() call.
  • Introduced alternating row colors.
  • Enhanced the INSTALL document.

October 30th, 2006.

  • Some user interface improvements. Promoted to version 2.1.

October 29th, 2006.

  • An improvement. Deleted files will now be stored in username/files/deleted.

July 31st, 2005.

  • Major bug fix. Actually allow new users to add files.

January 9th, 2005.

  • Minor bug fix. Check the value returned by strtok().

January 8th, 2005.

  • Version 2.0 is available for download. Users can now sort by archival date, name, or size.

January 4th, 2005.

  • Fixed common.h. Error prevented files from being retrieved from the correct directory.

December 29th, 2004.

  • Fixed the USERS.dat file, again.
  • Removed hard-coded "http://193.168.0.5" instance from common.h.

December 28th, 2004.

  • Fixed the USERS.dat file.

September 12th, 2004.

  • Initial version released to the general public.

Requirements

Client

  • A Web browser and an account. The client side has been verified to work with Firefox and Safari. If you encounter any problems, please submit a trouble ticket.
Server
  • Please download the software and follow the included instructions. Generally, your server must have Apache installed, have access to a C compiler and Perl, and storage capabilities.

Download

The server software has been tested on Debian, FreeBSD, and Ubuntu.

Support

The INSTALL and README files should answer all of your questions. However, please contact the support team if you have any problems. Please provide as many details as possible.

Miscellaneous

This project is hosted by the fine folks at Sourceforge.

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