I like the idea of mounting the ftp to a local mount point. That is a good one:
ftpfs Joe TSolucio El lun, 07-07-2008 a las 11:10 +0200, Joe Bordes escribió: > Hi, > > Have you thought of adding a precopy process or cron to fetch the > information to a local directory using mirdir or wget or some similar > tool and then have BackupPC backup the local directory? > > Joe > TSolucio > > El lun, 07-07-2008 a las 10:53 +0200, Koen Linders escribió: > > On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:42:40 +0200, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Koen Linders wrote: > > > > > >> I don't know if its possible. > > >> > > >> Anyone managed to use backuppc to backup e.g. ftp://example.com > > >> providing > > >> a login and password? > > >> I can't find anything in the documentation or wiki. > > > > > > > > > From docs: "No client-side software is needed. On WinXX the standard > > > smb protocol is used to extract backup data. On linux, unix or MacOSX > > > clients, rsync or tar (over ssh/rsh/nfs) is used to extract backup > > > data. Alternatively, rsync can also be used on WinXX (using cygwin), > > > and Samba could be installed on the linux or unix client to provide > > > smb shares)." (http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#overview > > > ) > > > > > > BackupPC does not work over FTP. > > > > > > Nils Breunese. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > > > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > > > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > > > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > > > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > > thanks for the quick response. i can stop looking now > > > > Koen Linders > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > > _______________________________________________ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
