---------- quoting Chris I ---------- > I have toyed with the idea of full backups every other week, and > incrimental backups every few days, keeping the last full backup > and all incrimentals since. Right now I'm working on a > partner-based backup script along these lines using ssh and rsync. > Don't hold your breath for me to show anyone, I'm taking my time > writing it. There are projects out there however that do this, > though I cannot remember their names.
You could give "rdiff-backup" [1] a try. It's very handy, does incremetal and full backups. Just write a little wrapperscript for cron and you're fine. I am using it since ~6 months and it works like a charm. Ah yes, and it's in portage... HTH, Matthias footnote: [1] http://www.stanford.edu/~bescoto/rdiff-backup -- Mmm ... caramel - Homer Simpson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
