18 Jan
2003
18 Jan
'03
20:19
On 18 Jan 2003 18:53:27 +0100
Alexandr Malusek
fsanta
writes: I think I'll go for incremental daily backup via rsync, dump that to dvd once a month, clear out the backup directory and start again the next month with a new rsync'd copy.
tar, cpio, dump, ... can also do it. If you prefer rsync then use it. But cp is not the right tool.
Have you heard of dar? http://dar.linux.free.fr It does compressed backups, and is very versatile, such as reading from pipes. It also lets you specify the size of the compressed backup volumes. -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation