Martin Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
% Thanks all. I will look into both rsync and rdiffbackup. Take a look at Unison too, if you ever edit the other side of a backup. http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2005/11/back-it-up.html http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/7712/print % -Martin % % John Sechrest wrote: % > There is also a package called rdiffbackup which is % > based on rsync, which can do a smarter job of incremental % > backups. % > % > http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/ % > % > If you want to keep a pair of directories in sync, so that you can % > recover it, then you might want to consider unison. It keeps % > two directories in uniform relationship, independent % > of which directory gets changed. % > But it does not make incremental backups. % > % > Remember that a backup which is automatically backedup, is also % > automatically backing up typos and mistakes. % > % > There are two things backups are good for: Catostrophic disasters and % > for historical recovery from typo's and thinko's. % > You may need to have backups for both cases. % > % > My rule of thumb is: % > % > Data is not backed up if it is not on at least three different media. % > % > % > % > % > % > % > % > % > Ralph Zeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: % > % > % rsync % > % % > % On 04/02/06 11pm, Martin Kelly wrote: % > % > I was wondering if anyone knew of a backup program that will compare two % > % > directories and only copy the directories that have changed between the % > % > two. This does not have to be over the network, local is fine. My % > % > intended application is for everyday local backups of > 10GB; I just % > % > want to speed it up, since many directories do not change every day. % > % > % > % > Thanks, % > % > Martin % > % _______________________________________________ % > % EUGLUG mailing list % > % [email protected] % > % http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug % > % > ----- % > John Sechrest . Helping people use % > . computers and the Internet % > . more effectively % > . % > . Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] % > . % > . http://www.peak.org/~sechrest % > _______________________________________________ % > EUGLUG mailing list % > [email protected] % > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug % > % _______________________________________________ % EUGLUG mailing list % [email protected] % http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug ----- John Sechrest . Helping people use . computers and the Internet . more effectively . . Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . . http://www.peak.org/~sechrest _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
