[AuckLUG] Re: Backup

[Johann Schoonees]

Liz Q wrote:
> 
> try looking at rdiff-backup
> Though not overly automated and gui-ish
>

I'll endorse that.  rdiff-backup keeps a current mirror of your 
filesystem plus backward differences, i.e. a kind of decremental 
back-up.  Restoring a lost file is as simple as 'cp' (or drag'n'drop if 
you prefer the GUI).  It seems to work like rsync in that it uses 
minimal bandwidth: great for backing up to slow external drives.  If you 
like I can email you a simple script that's been running every night for 
years and has saved my bacon several times.

Johann