On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> >Collect all the files you want to back up in a tar archive. Compress
> >this archive with gzip. Copy or transfer the resulting file to the
> >other drive.
>
> Thanks for the info. However, this doesn't sound very automated. I would
> like to be able to backup to the other drive automatically on a regular
> schedule. I would think there is something in the Linux world equivalent
> to Retrospect on the Mac that allows a wide choice of backup media
> (including internet backup) and automated scheduling. I am not a real big
> fan of tapes, too many friends I know have had them go bad. I generally
> backup to some disk and periodically backup to CD for archiving on my Mac.
>
Just use a "cron" job to do it for you. :-)
John
