On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 04:00:47PM +0000, 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.. Take a look at rsync-backup http://www.stearns.org/rsync-backup/ It more or less does what you are asking above. Peter Barker Florida Atlantic University
