[ale] Backing up to DVDs

[Jim Lynch]

Mike Murphy wrote:

> I've been using this: http://www.bluehaze.com.au/unix/cdbkup.html for 
> a month or 2 now for CD backups, and it works pretty well. Adapting to 
> DVD for backup wouldn't be hard (just have to change the chunk size 
> for the tar files it produces).
>
> The only caveat is: you need enough local diskspace somewhere to write 
> the tar files (which can be gzipped) before they get written to 
> removable media.
>
> Mike
>
>
> Jim Lynch wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of any backup packages out there for Linux that will 
>> write to DVDs?  Sure I could roll my own with a complex script 
>> involving growisofs, dvdrecord, find and some filters but I was 
>> hoping not to reinvent the wheel.  I envision tossing a DVD RW in the 
>> drive once a day/week/? and letting the thing run overnight.  I'm not 
>> looking for full system backups, just important data.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jim.
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That would be about half of what I want.  I'd like this to run 
unattended but if I'm reading that right the burning half is still manual.

Thanks,
Jim.