GUI backup tools? ( was:Re: Destroying "only" your home directory )

[Daniel Carrera]

Peter Garrett wrote:
> There is a tool called "Simple Backup" ( package name sbackup) I'm not
> sure how much it is capable of, but it puts two entries in the menu
> ("Simple Backup Config"   and "Simple Backup Restore" )
> 
> Perhaps worth a look - I just installed it, and haven't explored it yet ( A
> taxing download of 36 KB ;-)

I use it, and I'm very happy with it. You set it up once and then forget 
about it. I set mine to do an incremental backup of my home every week 
and full backup every month. The backups go in /var/backups.

$ cd /var/backups
$ ls
...
2006-03-28_06.00.03.911616.Agape.inc/
2006-03-29_06.00.03.596904.Agape.inc/
2006-03-30_06.00.03.499771.Agape.inc/
2006-03-31_06.00.03.359728.Agape.ful/
2006-04-02_06.00.04.521486.Agape.inc/
2006-04-03_06.00.09.952002.Agape.inc/
$ cd 2006-04-03_06.00.09.952002.Agape.inc
$ ls
base  excludes  files.tgz  flist  fprops  packages  ver

The backp is in files.tgz, just extract it.

I have had *one* problem with it though. I have some large files (one 
movie and a couple of CDs) and the backups started to consume all of my 
disk space. The solution is to tell it to not include those files or 
directories. Click on the "Exclude" tab to do that.

Cheers,
Daniel.
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