Re: [BackupPC-users] automated backup of specific dirs to local hdd
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 02:08:27AM +1000, jed wrote: Is this app purely for backup across networks to servers, or is it also perfectly fine for local backups of stipulated dirs? You could set up a server and have it only backup itself - no problem. For starters I'm just wanting to regularly backup my Tbird/FF profiles to a separate hdd on the same Mac.. Then BackupPC is probably overkill for you. Can it deal with folders that contain data that's live and may be updating at the time of a backup? (hope that makes sense) No. There's no standard software to backup live data. You always need a special solution like shutting down the program in question. Are you using MacOS X? I've heard that Time machine does an excellent job of backing up data on Macs... Hope that helps, Tino. -- What we nourish flourishes. - Was wir nähren erblüht. www.lichtkreis-chemnitz.de www.craniosacralzentrum.de -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
[BackupPC-users] automated backup of specific dirs to local hdd
Hi All, Is this app purely for backup across networks to servers, or is it also perfectly fine for local backups of stipulated dirs? For starters I'm just wanting to regularly backup my Tbird/FF profiles to a separate hdd on the same Mac.. Can it deal with folders that contain data that's live and may be updating at the time of a backup? (hope that makes sense) I was going to start fiddling with all this but why reinvent the wheel?!? http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=enclient=firefox-arls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficialq=bash+scripting+how-tobtnG=Searchmeta= http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=enclient=firefox-arls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficialq=crontab+os+xbtnG=Searchmeta= or this may have worked better in practise than the above? http://rajeev.name/blog/2008/09/01/automated-osx-backups-with-launchd-and-rsync/ Any advice greatly appreciated :-) Seasons well wishes, Jed -- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] automated backup of specific dirs to local hdd
Thanks for pointing this out Les, I don't think I need this sort of functionality *yet* at least, makes the decision easier! Cheers, Jed -- Message: 4 Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:53:00 -0600 From: Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC-users Digest, Vol 33, Issue 5 To: General list for user discussion, questions and support backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: 49623aec.7050...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed jed wrote: Thanks Nils, I've settled on SuperDuper/CCC + few free non-cloning dir/file syncing apps*... Which typically use rsync (or similar) as a backend and employ launchd + an in-house or other oss app for scheduling. The big win for backuppc is that it will pool identical files even if found on different machines. If you only back up a single machine or don't have much duplication, other programs might serve you as well. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com -- ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] automated backup of specific dirs to local hdd
Don't spose I could get any advice/pointers from anyone here? see below... 31/12 jed wrote: Hi All, Is this app. purely for backup across networks to servers, or is it also perfectly fine for local backups of stipulated dirs? For starters I'm just wanting to regularly backup my Tbird/FF profiles to a separate hdd on the same Mac.. Can it deal with folders that contain data that's live and may be updating at the time of a backup? (hope that makes sense) I was going to start fiddling with all this but why reinvent the wheel?!? http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=enclient=firefox-arls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficialq=bash+scripting+how-tobtnG=Searchmeta= http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=enclient=firefox-arls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficialq=crontab+os+xbtnG=Searchmeta= or this may have worked better in practise than the above? http://rajeev.name/blog/2008/09/01/automated-osx-backups-with-launchd-and-rsync/ Any advice greatly appreciated :-) Seasons well wishes, Jed -- ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] automated backup of specific dirs to local hdd
jed wrote: Don't spose I could get any advice/pointers from anyone here? see below... If you don't already have a webserver running, I wouldn't go with BackupPC for this scenario myself. I guess you're not running OS X 10.5? I like Time Machine for my OS X laptop backups myself. If you just want to copy a couple of dirs to another drive, I'd go with a simple (one line?) rsync script run by cron/launchd. Or rdiff-backup if I wanted to keep multiple backups around. But sure, you can use BackupPC too if you like. It probably just takes a little more time to setup. Nils Breunese. 31/12 jed wrote: Hi All, Is this app. purely for backup across networks to servers, or is it also perfectly fine for local backups of stipulated dirs? For starters I'm just wanting to regularly backup my Tbird/FF profiles to a separate hdd on the same Mac.. Can it deal with folders that contain data that's live and may be updating at the time of a backup? (hope that makes sense) I was going to start fiddling with all this but why reinvent the wheel?!? http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=enclient=firefox-arls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficialq=bash+scripting+how-tobtnG=Searchmeta= http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=enclient=firefox-arls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficialq=crontab+os+xbtnG=Searchmeta= or this may have worked better in practise than the above? http://rajeev.name/blog/2008/09/01/automated-osx-backups-with-launchd-and-rsync/ Any advice greatly appreciated :-) Seasons well wishes, Jed -- ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
