On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Dave Cotton wrote: > 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?
What i meant was that I wouldn't use my crude one-liner to do the job... > > > - I'd write something a little more sophisticated > > or run a commercial backup solution) > > Which could well be based on rsync. Yes, exactly. That was what I intended to imply. > > > 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 -- ====================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
