On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:16 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Francisco Ares wrote: >> >> I probably didn't get the point, but what about a simple "tar"? >> >> #! /bin/bash >> tar -cjvpf /tmp/home.tbz /home >> mv /tmp/home.tbz /some/where/else >> >> unless you're thinking on incremental back up, and more sophisticated >> things. >> >> Francisco >> >> > > Well, I want to start off making a small script. Maybe get a little more > complicated later on. I do want to do incremental backups, at least at > first. I may later on use tar and something to keep say two copies and then > delete the older ones. > Just trying to get my feet wet here. Trying to be simple at first and go > from there. If I try to cram to much in my head at one time, I get brain > lock. > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > >
Well, there are a couple of tools to make your script quite simple: http://www.linuxhowtos.org/Tips%20and%20Tricks/unison.htm http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7712 http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/trench/16061.html http://webtools.live2support.com/linux/rsync.php http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/sync-a-usb-flash-drive-with-hd-folders-possible-522875/ http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/storage/8200-back-up-like-an-expert-with-rsync http://www.unixtutorial.org/2008/09/how-to-synchronize-directories-with-rsync/ Hope this helps Francisco -- "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have one idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw
