On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 10:00, WipeOut wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know of some good file system backup scripts or utilities?? > (I don't mean like tar or cpio.. read on..) > > Specifically I am looking for some way to backup remote systems > (probably using rsync over ssh is the best?) but I don't simply want a > mirrored copy.. > > I want to have a seperate directory created each day with the backed up > files in.. Also I want files that have not changed to be symlinked to > the previous version of the file so that I don't need ten times the disk > space of the original source on the backup system and don't have to > transfer the entire file set over the network to the backup system only > the changed files.. > > This to me would be a very efficent way to have a backup system that has > the ability to have an archive history but doen not need masses of > storage space.. > > Thanks for any thoughts.. I would look at using rsync to manage the files.. For backups, I've used: http://foc.neoartis.org/progs/backup/ It'll backup to about any device, as well as ftp, scp, samba shares, and a few I've probably forgotten about ;) -- Homer Parker /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign BOFH for homershut.net \ / No HTML/RTF in email http://www.homershut.net x No Word docs in email telnet://bbs.homershut.net / \ Respect for open standards "Bill Gates reports on security progress made and the challenges ahead." -- Microsoft's Homepage, on the day an SQL Server bug crippled large sections of the Internet.
