Simple Backup Config

[accessys at smart.net]

including /var is what causes the most problems because that is where it 
stores the backup, so if you include /var you keep exponentially keep 
rebacking up your backup and filling your hard drive.  1-2-4-8-16-32-64 
etc.

Bob

On Wed, 23 Dec 2009, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:

> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:23:08 +0100
> From: Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com>
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> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
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> Subject: Re: Simple Backup Config
> 
> 2009/12/23 NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>:
>> On 12/22/2009 04:43 AM, Kipton Moravec wrote:
>> ...
>>>>
>>> Look in the menu System -> Administration -> Simple Backup Config
>>>
>>> That is where it is on 8.04 LTS. Do not see it installed in the default
>>> 9.10.
>>
>> Please be aware that if not configured properly Simple Backup can easily
>> fill your hard drive with backup files until you run out of space (check
>> the archives).
>
> What's the problem? If it happens, just erase your hard drive, change
> your settings and try again. How hard can it be?
> Of course I assume that when you try things like this the very first
> times, you use an external EMPTY hard drive (or other kind of external
> memory).
>
> So maybe my suggestion earlier was totally wrong. Will this work?
>
> Include: /
> Exclude: /media
>
> Or
>
> Include: /home, /var, /etc, /usr, /bin, /lib, /boot, /dev, /initrd,
> /opt, /proc, /root, /sbin, /srv, /sys
> Exclude: (Leave empty)
>
> The second alternative won't backup files in /, but maybe those few
> files are not very important.
>
> Johnny Rosenberg
>
>
>> So follow the instructions/docs carefully:
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/SimpleBackupSuite
>> <http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+%2Bsbackup+%2Bdisk+space&btnG=Search&complete=0&hl=en&sa=2>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sbackup/+bug/42142
>> [sbackup doesn't check for/prevent full disk - 2006 bug that still
>> hasn't been fixed]
>>
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