Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Wednesday, 2013-04-24 at 10:03 +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
Don't forget unison
No, unison is not a backup tool. It copies in any direction so that you have the newest copy on both sides. It is wonderful if, for example, you work on the same set of files sometimes on the desktop, sometimes in the laptop; it copies from one to the other (or the other to the one) so that both sides have the same copy (the newest one).
It is not appropriate to keep a backup copy of one machine on another or on another disk. It can do it, but it is not the best.
unison is a lot more flexible than you suggest. But even using it in the simple fashion you suggest will suffice to make a backup copy. Since by definition the newest files are on the active machine, they will be copied to the backup. It has a lot more options than that. You might also want to look at the section in the manual entitled "Keeping Backups", which describes keeping multi-generational backups. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org