Eric Mings wrote:
>
> I would like to be able to use a backup program to backup some files to a
> harddrive in a directory on another computer on my network. Seems to me,
> from what I have looked at, that the two main commercial backup programs
> are focused towards tape drives. Could someone tell me what my best
> option might be for this usage (Preferably cheap or free :-) . I am used
> to Retrospect on the Mac that can backup to damn near anything with ease.
> Thanks!
Have you considered using tar to gather them up, gzip to compress them,
and ftp to transfer them to the other computer?
Sometimes the "quick and dirty" solution is the best. :) Of course, it
depends on how many/large "some files" are.
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Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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