[ubuntu-uk] Simple backup script

[Tony Travis]

On 02/06/11 17:28, Chris Rowson wrote:
> I've been tinkering with backups and backup rotation today and I have
> come across many wierd and wonderful backup scripts of varying
> complexity.
>
> Is there anything wrong with using something simple like this? (except
> of course for the lack of validation).
>
> Basically, let's delete anything over 7 days old and then make a new backup.

Hi, Chris.

I use this ETOH (Extended Towers of Hanoi) backup that I contributed to 
NEBC Bio-Linux. It provides a baseline level 0 dump and three months of 
incremental backups. You can get it as a deb from NEBC:

   http://nebc.nerc.ac.uk/tools/bio-linux/

Bye,

   Tony.
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