hi ya from the examples...http://www.linux-Backup.net/examples.gwif.html
rsync -e ssh -av [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/Backup/xfer/* xfer c ya alvin On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Donald R. Spoon wrote: > Brad Cramer wrote: > > > I have a small network at home (4 linux machine 2 win98 machines) and I > > would like to know what would be the best way to back these up to one server > > that has a scsi dat drive. I have tries afbackup but am having a heck of a > > time getting it configured. Is there a simpler way of doing this. I am > > mainly worried about the linux machine, not the win98 machines as they are > > my kids and the info on them isn't important. Is there a way I could use tar > > to do weekly full and daily incremental backups and copy these to an nfs > > mount on the server with the dat drive. I would like them to to be named > > hostname.date.full/incr.tar.gz so I can tell what goes where and I am not > > worried about backing up the stuff I can restore from a fresh install just > > the stuff I can't. any advice or pointers would be appreciated or if someone > > could simplify afbackup for me that would help. BTW 3 of the linux machines > > are running Debian one is running RedHat. > > Thanks > > Brad > > Once you get the basic backup system working using the advice of the > other responses to this question, you might want to consider > implementing rsync for the backups. This way you only update the new > stuff once you get the basic backups made. This could significantly > shorten the backup time(s) for each machine. I have a message from a > friend on another computer describing how to do this in a secure manner > using ssh. He uses this to make nightly backups of his commercial > mailing-list files... Holler via E-Mail if you are interested and I > will try to dig it out. > > Cheers, > -Don Spoon- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >