[ubuntu-uk] Watch and backup folder

[Neil Greenwood]

On Nov 20, 2011 4:24 PM, "Bea Groves" <beagroves at gmail.com> wrote:
>[snip]
> To reiterate, all the software has to do is:
>
> a) Monitor the Documents folder (and all subfolders) on a continuous basis
> b) If a file or folder is created or modified, then copy the changes to
> another drive or folder of my choice (e.g. an SD card)
>
> I have yet to find anything that does this, or that does it without
> entailing a lot of scripting knowledge (at which I'm rather a newbie!).
>

Incron will do this. I have it set up to create a symlink when I plug in my
USB drive. You configure it with a path to watch and a script to run when
something under that path changes.

I don't have access to my config file at the mo. I think the man page is
good though.

HTH,
Neil.
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