Re: What files to backup

2012-04-12 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 09:11:55PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: Brad Alexander wrote: Mat Enders wrote: Is there anything else that should be included. I find /var/backups to contain very useful information such as the names and versions of all packages that are installed which is useful to

Re: What files to backup

2012-04-12 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 08:12:05AM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 09:11:55PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: Brad Alexander wrote: Mat Enders wrote: Is there anything else that should be included. I find /var/backups to contain very useful information such as the names

Re: What files to backup

2012-04-12 Thread Julien Groselle
Hi, I use this line to backup my entire computer : rsync -avhHPS --exclude={dev,sys,proc,mnt,tmp,media} / dest/`date +%Y-%m-%d-%T`/* * Nothing is forget except the exclude rep. -- JG Le 12 avril 2012 14:12, Rob Owens row...@ptd.net a écrit : On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 09:11:55PM -0600, Bob

Re: What files to backup

2012-04-12 Thread Andreas Weber
Is there anything else that should be included. If you want to quickly reinstall after ... whatever, then save your installed packages before applying the file copy: dpkg --get-selections | grep -v 'deinstall$' '/home/example/installed_packages.txt' HTH, ändu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

What files to backup

2012-04-10 Thread Gary Roach
I have three standard Debian Squeeze systems and am setting up Backuppc to backup to an extra hard drive I have on one of the systems. I plan on backing up the following directories: /etc /home /var/www (An Apache server resides on one of the systems) Is there anything else that

Re: What files to backup

2012-04-10 Thread Mat Enders
files to backup I have three standard Debian Squeeze systems and am setting up Backuppc to backup to an extra hard drive I have on one of the systems. I plan on backing up the following directories: /etc /home /var/www (An Apache server resides on one of the systems

Re: What files to backup

2012-04-10 Thread Walter Hurry
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:07:50 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: I have three standard Debian Squeeze systems and am setting up Backuppc to backup to an extra hard drive I have on one of the systems. I plan on backing up the following directories: /etc /home /var/www (An Apache server resides on

Re: What files to backup

2012-04-10 Thread Brad Alexander
, 10 Apr 2012 17:07:50 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: What files to backup I have three  standard Debian Squeeze systems and am setting up Backuppc to backup to an extra hard drive I have on one of the systems. I plan on backing up the following directories:     /etc     /home

Re: What files to backup

2012-04-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Brad Alexander wrote: Mat Enders wrote: Is there anything else that should be included. I find /var/backups to contain very useful information such as the names and versions of all packages that are installed which is useful to a recovery. Here is a minimum list for me. /etc /home