Re: [gentoo-user] backup program recommendations?

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

James Wall wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Robin Atwood <robin.atwood@attglobal.net> wrote:
>   
>> On Friday 06 Mar 2009, James Wall wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am looking for a backup program that can back up to my DVD+-R/RW drive
>>> to back up my private portage tree/distfile/music/web server. What
>>> programs would you recommend to handle this task?
>>>       
>> DAR - http://dar.linux.free.fr/. There is also a gui, kdar.
>>
>> HTH
>> -Robin
>> --
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Robin Atwood.
>>
>> "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst,
>>  Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst"
>>         from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling
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>>     
>
> Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. I will check them out
>
> James Wall
>
>
>   


I seem to recall that Kdar or dar had a bug that lead to it being
masked.  This was a while back so it may be fixed now but it may be
worth checking into to make sure.  Nothing worse than thinking you have
backups when they are worthless.

Dale

:-)  :-)