I didn't think of mounting or doing it via cron. It's perfect solution. Thanks Koen Linders
On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:15:04 +0200, Joe Bordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/ -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
