On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 00:31:24 +0000 robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Depends on what your backup needs are. If they're extensive, run a > search on any Linux software site for solutions; if they're simple, just > write a little script to do the job using tar. The simplest would just > be to tar and zip all home directories, then ftp to another computer or > move to a backup device such as a zip drive. The following, for > example, would back up all home directories to another machine (assuming > you have ncftp installed, which I wholeheartedly recommend - it's far > and away my favourite ftp client). > > tar zcf - /home | ncftpput -c -X /home/me/junk > anotherbox.mycompany.com /home/me/backup.tar.gz > > In this case /home/me/junk is a file listing the types of file that you > don't want included (you probably don't want to back up everybody's > Netscape cache, for example). See man ncftpput for details.
And, in 9.0, there's drakbackup, which is very comprehensive - backing up appropriate system files and directories plus those of no, any, or all users to CD, tape, network or HD. (It even incorporates tricks such as not backing up browser caches ...). Alastair
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