Re: What files to backup

2012-04-12 Thread Andreas Weber
> Is there anything else that should be included. If you want to quickly reinstall after ... whatever, then save your installed packages before applying the file copy: dpkg --get-selections | grep -v 'deinstall$' > '/home/example/installed_packages.txt' HTH, ändu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

Re: What files to backup

2012-04-12 Thread Julien Groselle
Hi, I use this line to backup my entire computer : rsync -avhHPS --exclude={dev,sys,proc,mnt,tmp,media} / /`date +%Y-%m-%d-%T`/* * Nothing is forget except the "exclude" rep. -- JG Le 12 avril 2012 14:12, Rob Owens a écrit : > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 09:11:55PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > B

Re: What files to backup

2012-04-12 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 08:12:05AM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 09:11:55PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Brad Alexander wrote: > > > Mat Enders wrote: > > > > Is there anything else that should be included. > > > > I find /var/backups to contain very useful information such as

Re: What files to backup

2012-04-12 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 09:11:55PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Brad Alexander wrote: > > Mat Enders wrote: > > > Is there anything else that should be included. > > I find /var/backups to contain very useful information such as the > names and versions of all packages that are installed which is us

Re: What files to backup

2012-04-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Brad Alexander wrote: > Mat Enders wrote: > > Is there anything else that should be included. I find /var/backups to contain very useful information such as the names and versions of all packages that are installed which is useful to a recovery. Here is a minimum list for me. /etc /home /u

Re: What files to backup

2012-04-10 Thread Brad Alexander
, 10 Apr 2012 17:07:50 > To: > Subject: What files to backup > > I have three  standard Debian Squeeze systems and am setting up Backuppc > to backup to an extra hard drive I have on one of the systems. I plan on > backing up the following directories: >     /etc >     /home

Re: What files to backup

2012-04-10 Thread Walter Hurry
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:07:50 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > I have three standard Debian Squeeze systems and am setting up Backuppc > to backup to an extra hard drive I have on one of the systems. I plan on > backing up the following directories: > /etc /home /var/www (An Apache server resides o

Re: What files to backup

2012-04-10 Thread Mat Enders
If you have mysql installed then also /var/lib/mysql Sorry about the top post but BlackBerry only does top posting Mat Enders from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Gary Roach Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:07:50 To: Subject: What files to backup I have three standard Debian

What files to backup

2012-04-10 Thread Gary Roach
I have three standard Debian Squeeze systems and am setting up Backuppc to backup to an extra hard drive I have on one of the systems. I plan on backing up the following directories: /etc /home /var/www (An Apache server resides on one of the systems) Is there anything else that sho