Instead of using cp, maybe look into rsync. It will allow you to back
up whole directories/drives but only move the changes (after the first
load). So your backup routine becomes much quicker.
Rsync can also connect to a remote box
rsync localpath [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/remotepath
The only downside is that this will prompt you for a password unless you
have set up SSH keys between the systems.
As for backups in general, I typically just use rsync. But there are a
number of more formal tools out there... It all depends on your needs.
Shawn
Dick Angus wrote:
> I formatted my external drive to ext3 as the standard VFAT is a disaster. It
> truncates large files and ignores maildir entries. Then I built a simple BASH
> script using cp to copy the directories I need. I tried DAR in the past and
> found it unacceptable due to creating single, very large file lumps
> (technical talk there). Ext3 and cp work great.
>
> On April 2, 2007 5:29:44 pm Richard Carter wrote:
>> Hi Folks
>>
>> Can anyone recommend a simple backup utility?
>>
>> I'm running Debian etch (testing) amd64 on a system with an 80GB external
>> HD but no network, so programs like Amanda or backuppc don't seem suitable.
>> I want to backup about once a week, but not always at the same time to my
>> 80GB external HD so I need compression (gz or bz2) which seems to make
>> programs like rsync or rdiff-backup unsuitable.
>>
>> Has anyone had any experience with programs like backup21 or sbackup?
>>
>> Robin Carter
>
>
>
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