[ale] backup suggestions

[David Bronson]

rsync -e ssh -a --delete / desktop:/backupdir/

Is powerful magic. I backup about 20 gigs nightly with this potion.

David


On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 07:59:04AM -0500, John Wells wrote:
> I'm doing the vast majority of development on a laptop currently, and I'd
> like to back up all work to another one of my machines each evening before
> bed.
> 
> What would you suggest as far as a backup solution?  While ideally I'd be
> able to image the entire drive (recover the full environment in the event
> of a crash), I don't know of any tools to do this.  My impulse is to write
> a script that will simply scp selected directories over to the box each
> night, but interested in hearing any other suggestions.  Anyone had
> experience with rsync?  Are there added benefits available from using it?
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> John
> 
> 
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