On Tuesday 23 October 2007 21:39:09 Robert Smits wrote: > I have a number of systems I'd like to regularly back up with rsync. Let me > describe them. > > > Computer 1 is my main desktop at home. It runs 24-7 and has a 500 GB USB > SATA drive to do back ups on. It uses OpenSuse 10.2. It is networked to all > other computers in the house with nfs. > > Computer 2 is my laptop, which goes everywhere. At home it is networked to > Computer 1 and 3 with nfs. At work it is networked to my work computer > (also running nfs). It runs OpenSuse 10.3. > > Computer 3 is my wife's desktop at home. It uses OpenSuse 10.2 and is > networked to computers 1 and 2. > > Computer 4 is my work computer, a desktop running OpenSuse 10.2 and > networked to my laptop with nfs when I am there. > > What I'd like to do is regularly make backups of: > 1. my files on my desktop to my USB drive. > 2. my files on my laptop, which are a subset of the files on my desktop, to > my desktop. > 3. my files on my work computer to my laptop. Probably. I've never used it, but others have recommended a tool called unison.
> Am I going to have file permission problems doing it this way? (My home > partition has the same name on each computer). You might have UID/GID issues if they are different on different computers. > Bob. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
