[CoLoCo] New Ubuntu backup solution

[Dave Vanderploeg]

Kevin says backupPC is great (which uses rsync), but I haven't used it yet.
I've been using the basic rsync for a while now and really like it. Rsync +
Cron = a fast, easy and very effective backup.

I always rsync my home directory before I wipe out an install, the only
problem is that if you copy your home folder, when you go to restore it all
of your hidden files will be there as well, which you may not want. Of
course, you can always exclude hidden files from the restore:
--exclude=".*/"

Dave

http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/
http://www.linux.com/feature/117236?theme=print




On Nov 14, 2007 2:11 PM, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:

> On 11/14/07, Kevin Fries <kfries at cctus.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 13:00 -0700, Dave Vanderploeg wrote:
> > > Linux has a few really great free backup solutions, what would make me
> > > want to pay for this one?
>
> Care to name a few? I've been looking everywhere for a really great
> Linux backup tool. I want it to save files to a NAS. I've been using
> the "simple backup" tool but it doesn't offer an easy way to recover
> all files (like when reinstalling and wanting to put your files back).
> It may be good for recovering specific files or maybe I just don't
> know how to use it.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
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