You can't directly backup an ftp host. You could: 1) do a pre-backup script to mount the ftp site using your favorite method, and a post-backup script to dismount it. (Dan answered this to me some time ago)
2) Or via cron you could do wget and backup the local folder with backuppc (Dan " doing it by cron is a hack and will likely cause you to have failed backups if a minor change is made. you should use the pre and post backup commands to handle this. you could mirror the whole ftp with wget or something to a local directory, then backup that directory, but still you should do it with a pre backup script, not with cron") Greetings, Koen Linders -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Mirco Piccin [mailto:[email protected]] Verzonden: donderdag 9 april 2009 12:48 Aan: [email protected] Onderwerp: [BackupPC-users] Backup remote ftp server (internet site) Hi all, i've installed BackupPC 3.2.0. It works very well! I'm trying to do a remote ftp server backup. The ftp server is a internet site; i've ftp access to manage all site files. My aim is to backup this site. So, i create a new host, and set: $Conf{ClientNameAlias} - the full ftp address $Conf{XferMethod} - FTP $Conf{FtpShareName} - tryed both nothing and /htdocs (it's a web site, and this it it's root). $Conf{FtpUserName} - ftp host username $Conf{FtpPasswd} - ftp host password but, if i try to run a full backup, it does not run with this error: Last error is "xfer start failed: Can't open connection to : Invalid argument". Any suggets/tips? Thanks! Regards M ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ 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/
