Re: [BackupPC-users] a slightly different question about rsync for offsite backups

2009-12-10 Thread Chris Bennett
> perhaps i should be adding the switch that deletes files that are no > longer present as well? hmmm... Yes, you will want this to ensure source & dest are equal, and to avoid the external disk from filling up for the wrong reason... Regards, Chris Bennett cgb

Re: [BackupPC-users] a slightly different question about rsync for offsite backups

2009-12-09 Thread Omid
0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] a > slightly different question about rsync for?offsite backups]: > > On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 10:57:13AM -0800, Omid wrote: > > [...] > > > if the usb drive does not mount for whatever reason (either because it > > > hasn't been plugged in, or

Re: [BackupPC-users] a slightly different question about rsync for offsite backups

2009-12-09 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Tino Schwarze wrote on 2009-12-09 20:50:35 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] a slightly different question about rsync for?offsite backups]: > On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 10:57:13AM -0800, Omid wrote: > [...] > > if the usb drive does not mount for whatever reason (either because it >

Re: [BackupPC-users] a slightly different question about rsync for offsite backups

2009-12-09 Thread Tino Schwarze
On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 10:57:13AM -0800, Omid wrote: [...] > the idea is to schedule an rsync command to an external drive say every > wednesday morning at 3 am, instruct the office to plug the drive in on > tuesday, and to replace it on thursday with next week's drive. > > i have the rsync com

[BackupPC-users] a slightly different question about rsync for offsite backups

2009-12-09 Thread Omid
so this is a slightly different question about crontabing rsync backups to an external usb drives. i know this isn't strictly a backuppc question, but... the idea is to schedule an rsync command to an external drive say every wednesday morning at 3 am, instruct the office to plug the drive in on