<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi Vince, it's not that complicated. sync.sh allows me to sync home directories from my master machine to 2 others, plus my ISO directory (where I keep copies of my cds) and my vmware directory. Doing all 3 looks a little complicated if you only want to rsync your home dir to another machine it will only be one section of the file, possibly one line - like so: sudo rsync -Caz --exclude-from /home/ruscook/sync.exclude --include "*" /home/ iq::home This says, use sudo, so any files not owned by me or in my groups can be read. Do the sync, using the exclude file so, things like trash aren't copied, (also gnome/desktop session info that could be open on my machine). Sync every file (the "*" part) not in the exclude from /home to the area called home on the machine called iq. This will trundle through my 130GB on /home and sync it to /home on iq. Syncing this way means I can log on to one of those other machines, have the same bookmarks, the same mail etc. So it's not only a backup it's a useable version as well. Eriks' way is much more elegant just for backups but doesn't put the files in the same directory structure so you can "use" them by logging on to the other machine. Windows has some great file sync tools. Some shareware some free. Linux has rsync which is very powerful, but there's limited GUI front ends to it at the moment. Enjoy the learning curve, it's fun but steep <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards Russ <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.windsorcycles.com.au">www.windsorcycles.com.au</a> (gedit/ubuntu/gFTP) </pre> Vincent Trouilliez wrote: <blockquote cite="mid1108736795.3957.164.camel@localhost.localdomain" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi guys, For those newbies, like me thinking of rsync. Here's what I've setup and have running at the moment. **** sync.sh ****** #!/bin/sh </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Wow, that's quite complicated :-/ I had a look at the DAR page Russ gave, it looks well featured/flexible, runs from the command line for those who prefer that, and therefore could also be run as a cron job automatically in the background at night. But, it also comes with an API, so you can make GUI for it. So I think that for Hoary+1, it would be a great project for Ubuntu, make a nice little, easy to use GUI for DAR, to let people set a back-up scheme. Either manual, using removeable media, or in the background and automatically, on the local file system or to some remote drive using a netword. That would be a great addition to Ubuntu :o) Vince </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>