Backup utility in linux

[Jim Richardson]

On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 01:52 -0600, Jewel wrote:
> On 7/11/05, Ante Karamatić <ivoks at grad.hr> wrote:
> > I'm not doing system restore, as I find that useless for Linux. I'm
> > creating simple backup system to backup userfiles. Backup != System
> > Restore. If you ever used any backup system on Linux/BSD/Windows
> > (amanda, bacula, etc...) then you know what I'm talking about.
> > 
> 
> Backing up /usr would of course be useless.  By mentioning /etc I was
> thinking of 1) the xorg.conf file[*] and 2) system settings that can
> be changed from the included gui tools.  Would it be nice if the
> backup tool would give the user the option to save his or her printer
> settings, network settings, etc?  Perhaps the amount of complexity
> that restoring these settings would add outweighs the benefits.
> 
> Other than that, I think it's safe to say that there is probably
> nothing more that a "typical" user cares about other than what is in
> /home/$user and possibly /home/$otheruser.  I'm kind of envisioning a
> dead simple interface where they are presented with:
> 
> What do you want to back up?
> 
> [ ] Program Settings (2 MB)    [i.e. ~/.*]
> [ ] Documents (20 MB)
> [ ] Photos (200 MB)
> [ ] Videos (2 GB)
> 
> or
> 
> o All my files (2.2 GB)
> 
> Or perhaps a collapsable tree with checkboxes of everything in /home/$user.
> 
> Once again, just brainstorming.  Perhaps this is the entirely wrong
> direction to go.  I'm trying to envision a very ubuntu interface that
> does something more than file-roller or gnome-baker already
> accomplish.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Jewel
> 
> [*]  On reflection, this probably isn't a big deal.  It's just the
> only file I ever grab from /etc before wiping a disk.


have you considered a front end to rdiff-backup? I find that
rdiff-backup works well, is stable, and easy to use (although like many
cli based apps, requires you to read the docs first, for anything beyond
the basics.) 

-- 
Jim Richardson http://www.eskimo.com/~warlock
"It says he made us all to be just like him. So if we're dumb, then god
is dumb, and maybe even a little ugly on the side." -- Frank Zappa
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