There was a really good article about using SVN to back up your ~ in issue 82 Aug 06) of Linux Format <http://www.linuxformat.co.uk>. It's not released on PDF yet, but someone might have a copy lying around... Ben
On 31/07/07, Col <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andrew Errington wrote: > > On Thursday 26 July 2007 17:36, Col wrote: > >> Andrew Errington wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I am running MEPIS 6.5 with a KDE desktop. I am considering running > Keep > >>> (the KDE backup thing) to do local time-series backups of my home > >>> directory (to guard against accidental deletions or edits) and then > rsync > >>> to mirror everything from /home to an external USB drive periodically. > > > > <snip> > > > >> Hi Andy > >> > >> I have separate hard drive for data I want to keep. I rsync this drive > >> to a usb drive with the following command. > >> > >> $rsync -avz --delete --stats --progress /mnt/hdd/data/ \ > /mnt/sdb1/backup > >> > >> The usb drive is encrypted with encfs which I leave off site. > >> > > <snip> > > > >> Beware, it pays to practice on some temp directory's first as it is > very > >> easy to delete the wrong stuff. > >> > >> Hope that gives you some ideas. > >> Col. > > > > It's great! Here's what I've got: > > > > rsync -av --stats --progress --delete /home/ /media/sda1/backup/ > > > > Everything is in /home, so it gets all users' home directories > > (/home/username) and all my photos and mp3s (/home/data/photos > > and /home/data/mp3) > > > > I am not compressing the data, so the files on the USB drive are visible > as > > ordinary files- nothing special is needed to get them back. I have not > set > > up Keep yet, but that will simply create more files in my home > directory, > > which will be copied by rsync. > > > > oops. The -z option doesn't compress the data at the destination, but is > used for compressing the data during transmission over a network. Thanks > for pointing out it not necessary here. > > > I am doing this operation as root, with nobody logged on to the > laptop. Then > > I know that no files are open or otherwise being messed with. I still > have > > to make a list of files that I *don't* want to back up, like a lot of > the > > files beginning with '.', but that can be added later. > > > > I feel much happier that I finally have a sensible backup routine at > home, > > rather than the ad-hoc methods I've employed so far. > > > > Thanks for all the tips- and anyone else that hasn't done this yet, > think > > seriously about your backup regime (ah, the zeal of the > newly-converted!). > > > > A > > > > I am considering learning subversion as a possible solution to guard > against accidental edits and deletes. Or am I on the wrong track there? > > > Col. > -- Regards, Ben Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] +628111880346
