And why do you relegate rsync to remote only? It works equally well for an incremental backup locally. Also, you could try a DCVS like mercurial or git that will maintain the history for you.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:37 AM, Chris Miller <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Sep 22, 2009, at 12:06 AM, Nelson Serafica wrote: > >> cron will be your best friend here. > > > > How could I cron if I don't know what I should place on the cron > > > >> > >> > >> I have a dir called application and resides there are some config > >> file. I usually edit the file on a daily basis. I just > >> need an application that will do some incremental backup of the ff > >> config file that resides on the application directory > >> everyday. The procedure will be done only on the local server so > >> rsync is not suitable as I use only rsync on the backup > >> solution is from local to remote scenario. > >> > > > > I'm looking into find command and probably create some script. Just > > wandering if there other application out there that > > I haven't discovered yet. > > > rsync + cron. I think rsync has an incremental backup function, too, > though I'm not sure. > > Registered Linux Addict #431495 > For Faith and Family! | John 3:16! > http://www.fsdev.net/ > > > > > -- Daniel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
