On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 15:38:47 -0600, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > When running kubuntu, I used the dar backup program. I don't see it in > the Fedora repositories. Is there something that the Fedora users > recommend - or is this one I need to compile and install? > > To me the simplest way is to use cp -ru to copy recursively only the files that have been modified since the last backup. You make a plain ascii list of things you want to backup and you put something like # backup files modified files only, at 1:50 am every day. 50 1 * * * root /bin/cp -ru `cat /root/.backuplist` /net/backup in /etc/crontab. Of course, the destination /net/backup can be local or remote, via nfs. Works like a charm. The key is the -u flag in cp. Very handy.
