File system backup scripts or utils

[Mike Klinke]

On Tuesday 16 March 2004 10:00, WipeOut wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know of some good file system backup scripts or
> utilities?? (I don't mean like tar or cpio.. read on..)
>
> Specifically I am looking for some way to backup remote systems
> (probably using rsync over ssh is the best?) but I don't simply
> want a mirrored copy..
>
> I want to have a seperate directory created each day with the
> backed up files in.. Also I want files that have not changed to be
> symlinked to the previous version of the file so that I don't need
> ten times the disk space of the original source on the backup
> system and don't have to transfer the entire file set over the
> network to the backup system only the changed files..
>
> This to me would be a very efficent way to have a backup system
> that has the ability to have an archive history but doen not need
> masses of storage space..
>
> Thanks for any thoughts..

For rsync ....

http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/examples.html

Regards,  Mike Klinke