Backups
Amadeus W. M.
amadeus84 at verizon.net
Mon Nov 27 15:38:12 UTC 2006
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 15:38:47 -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> When running kubuntu, I used the dar backup program. I don't see it in
> the Fedora repositories. Is there something that the Fedora users
> recommend - or is this one I need to compile and install?
>
>
To me the simplest way is to use cp -ru to copy recursively only the files
that have been modified since the last backup. You make a
plain ascii list of things you want to backup and you put something like
# backup files modified files only, at 1:50 am every day.
50 1 * * * root /bin/cp -ru `cat /root/.backuplist` /net/backup
in /etc/crontab. Of course, the destination /net/backup can be local or
remote, via nfs. Works like a charm. The key is the -u flag in cp. Very
handy.
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