On Wednesday 19 June 2002 06:00, Jorge Santos wrote: > Hello, I'm looking for recommendations on backing up the home > directories here at work. The scenario is as follows: I have > several work stations mounting their homes from a central server via > NFS so I don't think I'll be needing anything sophisticated, I could > use tar and a cron job but I rather use some tested, flexible and > easy to mantain utility. So... suggestions anyone?
If you're looking for tested and flexible, tar is your friend. You could just hack a script that tar's the home directories to whatever backup medium you might have and sends you a rough report per email. You can even specify a file date for incremental backups if you wish. -- Embedded Linux -- True multitasking! TWO TOASTS AT THE SAME TIME! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
