Easy Automated Snapshot-Style Backups with Linux and Rsync http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/
On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 03:14, Jim Cheetham wrote: > On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 13:35, Dave wrote: > > I'm waning to .tar file onto a second "backup harddrive", via a daily cron > > job, and archive to CD every couple of weeks > > If you don't need to compress the data, forget about tar and just use > rsync to duplicate the target filesystem. > > It'll be quicker and easier to restore from, which after all is the > whole point of backups. > > -jim -- Phill Coxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
