Backing up.

[Matthew Flaschen]

Knapp wrote:
> What is the best software for this? Is there a system that backs up
> only what you say and then every week or day or whatever does an
> incremental backup perhaps linked to cron, so I don't have to think
> about it?

This is what I do, using a program called rdiff-backup.  It keeps a
mirror along with diffs, so you can copy the latest files directly out
of the backup, or restore from an earlier date.

I made a custom wrapper script that runs every day.

Matt Flaschen