On Saturday 08 December 2007 06:44:06 Rodney Baker wrote: > Rsync is better for doing things like incremental backups. I use a > home-grown script run from a cron job to do a nightly backup of my home > directory to a second hdd on the same machine. It isn't a pretty script (in > fact, it's pretty crude) but it does the job that I need it to do. It > consists of only one line: > > rsync --logfile=/var/log/home_backup -Ca /home/<username> > /backup/<username>. > > This just compares each file in /home/<usersname> with its corresponding > file in /backup/<username> and copies any that are new or have changed, > resetting the archive bit for each file. I also have set up the log file in > logrotate so that it rotates the logs and keeps 5 days worth. > > There are probably plenty of flaws in this backup method (I wouldn't use it > in a business situation
Whyever not? > - I'd write something a little more sophisticated > or run a commercial backup solution) Which could well be based on rsync. > but for my needs at home it works > fine. And for all the machines I do this for across Internet for the past few years. -- Dave Cotton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
