Lowell, Great Site!! Thanks... http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/systuff
On 23 Dec 2005 15:29:41 -0500, Lowell Gilbert < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Joe Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I am looking for a quick backup solution for my freebsd machine. > Currently I > > backup to a DDS-4 DAT drive using the following while in "/": > > > > > > > > tar -cf /dev/sa0 -I /root/includes -X /root/excludes . > > > > > > > > I am aware of bacula, Amanda, cpio, and dump but to me tar is the ideal > > method so if anyone had a simple script to automate this process I would > > greatly appreciate some help in making my own. > > Since we have no idea *why* you consider tar ideal, we can't really > tell what would help your particular needs. > > On my page of FreeBSD tricks (http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/systuff/), > I have a brief essay on what to consider when designing a backup > strategy (http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/systuff/backup-strategy.txt), > as well as some script I use for backups via both tar and dump > (http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/systuff/scripts/systemTarBackup and > http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/systuff/scripts/systemDumpBackup). > > Make what you can out of these hints. > > Be well. > -- > Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area > http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
