File system backup scripts or utils

[Ow Mun Heng]

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> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 12:01 AM
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> Subject: File system backup scripts or utils
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone know of some good file system backup scripts or 
> utilities?? 
> (I don't mean like tar or cpio.. read on..)
> 
> Specifically I am looking for some way to backup remote systems 
> (probably using rsync over ssh is the best?) but I don't 
> simply want a 
> mirrored copy..
> 
> I want to have a seperate directory created each day with the 
> backed up 
> files in.. Also I want files that have not changed to be symlinked to 
> the previous version of the file so that I don't need ten 
> times the disk 
> space of the original source on the backup system and don't have to 
> transfer the entire file set over the network to the backup 
> system only 
> the changed files..
> 
> This to me would be a very efficent way to have a backup 
> system that has 
> the ability to have an archive history but doen not need masses of 
> storage space..
> 

Rsync is the way to go..

# http://www.geocities.com/scottlhenderson/mirrordir_4_OS_recovery.html
# http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/

I use both of them..

They also have sample scripts over there.. If you want mine, Mail me
off-line. 

I've not gone into getting it tunneled over ssh but than can be done 
as well.

There's a tutorial at

www.asiaosc.org  I can't remember the exact url..