systematic backups in Linux?

[covici at ccs.covici.com]

Even if slackware does not have rdiff-backup, if you have python and
some libraries its not hard to set up.

Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at shellworld.net> wrote:

> I'll need to be doing local backups and have an external hard drive I
> can use for that purpose.  I'm using slackware and will check for
> rdiff-backup but if that's not found, can anyone share some good rsync
> commands or scripts to do proper backup and restore using rsync will
> need full and incremental backup information too.  I understand /dev
> /proc /pts and another directory tree need to have empty directories
> created in rsync backups so the system will be able to run after the
> backup I got this information from the backup tutorial in dar-docs
> package on debian.  I would use dar if all I had was zip disks but
> this external drive is larger than that. On Thu, 1 May 2008, John
> covici wrote:
> 
> > I have been using rdiff-backup lately and its working pretty good for
> > me -- does not use ftp but rsync and ssh.  It is available in at least
> > Debian, and gentoo.
> >
> > on Thursday 05/01/2008 Karen Lewellen(klewellen at shellworld.net) wrote
> > > Hi folks,
> > > Wondering about this in theory?
> > > I would guess I would require a dsl connection, something I presently
> > > do not have, but wanted to ask this anyway.
> > > I have a major quantity of files in my shellworld workspace.  Last weekend,
> > > I noticed that almost every file with a certain extension, .mp3, had
> > > disappeared.  Given I am both a singer and a radio producer with many
> > > files of critical importance in this format I was not happy.  to his
> > > credit, the files were restored, and what was missing is likely in themail
> > > folders I keep to insure I am covered.  to his detriment, no explanation
> > > was offered as to how this happened.
> > > So, I realize the time is coming for me to set up an alternative backup
> > > of my own.
> > > Having this Linux box built has been slower than planned, I do not even
> > > have access to a cd burner yet.  However I am wondering if there is a
> > > Linux utility that will let me make scheduled backups from my shellworld
> > > space to  my Linux machine via ftp?  If so, in which distribution?
> > > Thanks, and if my question is not clear enough let me know.
> > > Karen
> > >
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