nifty, but don't you think learning to tarball will be quicker and more useful to Peter?
Peter: >> As I read your comment it occurred to me that we don't have to backup >> to another machine. We can just back up to another directory. Our give him the old-reliable, tried and true methods like http://www.faqs.org/docs/securing/chap29sec306.html see how much simpler that script is than the rsync script? Pretty much the same features. Remember the less services you use, the better (for security mostly). Personnally I refuse to run ftpd & rsyncd on any of my servers. All that rsync crap is ment for mirroring and developers. The same people using rcp I guess. I can get the same rsync behavior from RH's ftpcopy package for updating of new and modified files on any existing FTP server. After-all isn't rsync just FTP used a diffferent way on a different port? Tom Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: [luau] Next up, back up My favorite of all backup methods (above and beyond redundant raid arrays, off-site storage, and rotating, removable storage) is the evolving and ever-improving snapshot method using rsync http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ I noticed it a while back when googling, and the documentation just gets better. If one knows little about archiving, the whole thing is written well enough to be educational. --scott On Tuesday, October 7, 2003, at 09:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > oh, tarballing is the process of taking files/directories and balling > them > up in one file (tar) and the compressing them (usually gzip) > > this can be all done with a single command to tar. this is the file > you > normally see when you download source code from the internet (.tar.gz) > >> tar also maintains the uid/gid and permission information < > > Here. Read this. It's quiet colorful. I got it off google: > > http://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/994016279/index_html > > Tom > > > > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: > Subject: Re: [luau] Next up, back up > > I think you're giving my brain too much credit. What is tarballing and > how does it relate to back ups? > > On Monday, October 6, 2003, at 10:49 PM, > Tom_Gordon/RISE/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> What's so tough about tarballing? >> >>> It is common to find tarball/cpio scripts that archive modified files >>> only. Transfering to the other server is the hardest choice. >>> ftpcopy, >>> rsyc and nfs are all options, but... >> >> As I read your comment it occurred to me that we don't have to backup >> to another machine. We can just back up to another directory. Our >> mirrored drives provide enough safety, right? >> >> So, is there an EASY solution for us? > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau _______________________________________________ LUAU mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
