> I would like a backup tool that does not bring a million dependencies with > MBs of files. Something that works on server without X Windows and can > send backup to an externally attached USB drive. Nothing fancy. No > network infrastructure. Incremental backups would be greatly appreciated. > Ability to pipe to a compression program is a plus, just like I did with > dump.
I used to use rsync for that kind of job, but nowadays I tend to prefer `bup` because it handles incrementals really well (especially in terms of compression). It's in Debian stable or you can find it at https://github.com/bup/bup. Stefan PS: Of course, you'll still want to take a snapshot (e.g. with LVM) and back that up rather than the live filesystem.
