Best Backup software for Ubuntu 8.10

[sdavmor]

Ray Leventhal wrote:
> xinchen wrote:
>> On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 10:06 -0400, art wrote:
>>> gremlin linuxhelp wrote:
>>>> I am looking for a easy to set up backup software for ubuntu 8.10.
> <snip>
>> i think rsync is very good 
> 
> Add my .02 to that short but very valuable statement.
> 
> I do nightly snapshots for all my Linux systems to either USB 2.0 or 
> Firewire external drives:
> 
> rsync -av --delete /source/directory/path /some/mounted/filesystem/
> 
> wrap some scripted logic to ensure the target vol is mounted and you're 
> done.
> 
> For regular backups, setup a cron job.  Best things about rsync (imnsho):
> 
> 1) Can be done across network or internet
> 2) maintains permissions so rsync-ing back, if you need to, is seamless 
> and easy
> 3) very robust featureset - man rsync for more
> 4) works with every Linux distro I've used since it was introduced
> 
> YMMV of course.
> 
> HTH,
> -Ray

+1 on rsync and a nightly cron job.

I must also say I think that Unison is a pretty cool GUI synch tool.
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