Thanks. I'll do just that. 2009/1/7 Alan Pope <a...@popey.com>: > 2009/1/7 Jai Harrison <j...@jaiharrison.com>: >> There's a small problem with that. Namely that my external HDD is >> often not connected to my laptop so automated (as oppose to manual) >> backups will most likely fail. Is there something similar but based >> around manual backups? Also, do tarballs preserve permissions were I >> ever to need to restore it? >> > > So just remove the cron job from /etc/cron.daily and run it manually > as and when you like, and let it do a full backup each time? > > Alternatively you could add a line to /etc/cron.daily/backup-manager > > test -f /media/disk/some_file_only_on_usb_disk || exit 0 > > So it only backs up if the usb disk is attached (and that file exists on it). > > It's very flexible. Take a look at the conf file which contains lots > of comments about what the options do. Worth a look. > > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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