[snip] > My favorite solution is rsnapshot in ports. It beats rsync and scp > because not only does it allow you to specify what and when to > backup, > but it uses hard links. What's that got to do with anything? Well it > rsyncs everything on the first backup, and only the differences > there > after. But it makes every backup look like a full backup (every > file) because it hard-links the unchanged stuff into the latest > backup > dir. So you get a complete backup dir every time sans lots of file > transfers and space taken up on the backup storage box.
This guy gives a great explanation and some bash scripts to do just that: http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ I believe he also refers to rsnapshot as being a more polished version of what he outlines. Very interesting and easy read. Take care, Allen Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
