Back Up with rsync

[Chris]

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:37:15 -0700
"Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 	In Linux for years rsync is software in every version and it 
> is used in business computers all over the world. With cron 
> ssf software you can send your backup over the Internet to 
> anywhere. Or you can use it at home.
> 
> 	My system is Ubuntu 9.04 backing up on a portable hard drive 
> at /media/disk/.
> 
> 	The whole rsync line is in a terminal as:
> 
>   rsync -avz / --exclude-from=/home/karl/bin/exclude-list 
> /media/disk/backup94
> 
> now -avz says backup with visible effects and gzip the package 
> on the backup.
> 
> --exclude-from= is the exact address of your exclude-list. 
> Here is my list:
> 
>         Here is my file named exclude-list:
> /proc/*
> /sys/*
> /dev/*
> /lost+found/*
> /var/log/lastlog/*
> /tmp/*
> /mnt/*
> /cdrom/*
> /media/*
> 
> The place to put the backup is /media/disk/backup94 and it 
> does do this.
> 
> 	I prefer this manual method for home. I no longer own a
> business.
> 
> 
> 73 Karl
> 
> 
> 

Meh - I still prefer rdiff-backup

-- 
Best regards,

Chris

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