Re: Can you suggest a nice backup tool?

From: U*** YILDIRIM (look_at_the.sig.nat.ure)
Date: 05/18/05 

Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 05:22:18 +0100

On Wed, 18 May 2005 02:19:00 +0000, houghi wrote:

> If you do not need compression, just work with cp or rsync. Put that in
> a script and let it run every hour or something like that.
Would it be possible for you to suggest how I could do that? I know how to
use cp, but I haven't used rsync.

>
> You do not want a backup, you want a copy.

This may sound lame, but what is the difference between the two?

>
> GUI is the worst you can have with a backup or copy of files. The moment
> you need it might be when your GUI is broke. Then it can be extremely
> interesting to just be able to use CLI.
> There are several reasons NOT to do it. Read up on backing things up.

Agreed. The only reason for me to ask for a gui is because I am not
familiar with this scripting stuff yet, and for the moment, GUI seemed
more convenient. Later, however, I am willing to learn more about CLI.

>
> I really would recinsider a 'real' backup of /home /etc and others. An
> other interesting thing about backups is that they can be incremetial.
> Again, what you apperently want is just a copy. If that is what you want
> put that in your crontab.

I agree, I need to consider backing up several important directories.
But for the moment, I am not worried about that part as much as I am about
my documents. This may sound totally stupid, but it is always possible to
make a fresh installation of the OS or there is other ways to recover it,
but for me it would be disasterous if I loose my docs. <take my coat and
hat and am ready to leave!!>
It (making a copy, that is) is almost what I want. But I want it to do it
automatically (or whenever I want it), and sync those copies (or backups)
with the original files in the source directory, if there are files
that are modified. Am I asking for something unreasonable or can this be
done? You may ask why I don't just copy the files that I modified to the
backup directory. Well, I wouldn't possibly give a rational answer for
that. Except, again, maybe "for convenience" would be my answer. Instead
of selecting different files from different directories and copying them
to different directories, single click (or a command) seems an easier way.
I might be wrong of course!

After reading what you have referred to earlier, however, I will
definetely use backerupper at some point in the very near future.

> It also is the first reason somebody does not want compression. Why?

For me, it is not very important since i don't mind whether it is
compressed or not, if it is done purely for reducing the size. Moreover,
most of the files I work with don't take that much space considering they
are text documents with some tables and figres. Also, I have enough hdd
space.

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