On Sat, 8 Oct 2022 20:21:37 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
On 2022-10-08 19:05, Per Jessen wrote:
Lew Wolfgang wrote:
Agree. I think a script being smart with rsync is the way to go. I didn't find anything on-the-shelf that would make sense here.
In my experience - but I only work with tape - anything that involves human intervention is rarely found off-the-shelf.
Ages ago, when I used MsDOS, I had a wonderful backup program. I used it with floppies, but it would work with tapes too, although I never tried.
With backups, it would write alternately to disk A or B. When disk A was full, it switched automatically to B and told you to change disk A. And the reverse. You never had to press any key to continue, it would find out without wasting a second.
[snip] A long, long time ago there was an operating system called GEORGE 3. It did all of this and managed multiple copies on multiple tapes with no trouble. Many times I've viewed software developments as reinventing parts of G3.