On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:33:52 -0200, Jerônimo Backes wrote: > Is there a tool to make these repetitive tasks automatically? I would > like to have something that just copies the updated (and new) files to > my external HD, in order to keep both directories' contents in sync (on > my laptop: /home/jbackes/documents; on my external > HD: /mnt/external/backup/documents/) .
rdiff-backup. I've been using it for a couple of years and it does just what you need. it also keeps old versions so you can roll back in the event of a mistake. > And for the activity of packing and mailing recent changed documents, is > there a tool that could do this automagically? You could use find to generate a list of files changed n the last two hours, pass this list to tar - it has an option to accept a list of files to archive on stdin - and then mail this to your backup account. There's also a FUSE module to mount your gmail mail account and use it for file storage, but you won't find it in portage because it breaks Google's T&Cs http://richard.jones.name/google-hacks/gmail-filesystem/gmail-filesystem.html -- Neil Bothwick You couldn't get a job as a firing squad target.
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