On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 17:01, Alex Mandel <[email protected]> wrote: > Also we're talking recursing into many nested subdirectories and from > several different places on the origin disk. It can easily add up to a > page of different rsync commands. >
rsync handles recursion perfectly - I must be missing your point > Then you run into the debate about versions, and whether to only keep > one version. Simple backup makes it easy to do progressive backups, 1 > per year(older than 1 year), 1 per month, 1 per week for current month > and it manages it all for you. In reality it's a gui to a bunch of cron > rsync commands. > Disk space is cheap. I keep multiple versions on the disk - which is then backed up. e.g. The last 4 days and the last 4 months of my PIM (Jpilot). Sure is handy to have right there - beats having to recover it. > Which brings up the idea that some stuff may be under version control > and you want to skip those folder as the backup of the repository is > more useful. > Obviously depends on which version control system you are using. I see your point - just doesn't apply to me. That's what makes our Linux/OS environment so good ... options to fit your needs. > I could go on, but I think I've said enough, > Alex -rich _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
