From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OlKRY-0002fU-8s for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:35:00 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 308E1E0AC4; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:34:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f181.google.com (mail-gx0-f181.google.com [209.85.161.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07CCAE0AC4 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:34:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk1 with SMTP id 1so741644gxk.40 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:34:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:from:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id :subject:to:content-type; bh=opVF6lhRHGuOEcJdTgTkvbmH/ixdyz+yagWIlWi7lLI=; b=IUx+GTvjDr8lLgtAXl7KiuCfckd294lACHyc5nOLE26daoD9imyxC6AigDZO6rOeHv WYmf2r4RnarwT/H1IUacp2mAcVK1pW5zVKSVxrox6fD9UfF0FY1AYnmgzTh6I+uey4Yi gy/+i3FTfgfAOmwpDL6t+WCQtftLK8Fp+Mtj0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type; b=Ig9uuGt+s/mbdlyfWOx6nLxY/1qLbjlUogB85AZEapRQfH9Riq1pjMKqswWl6RMIdC SAaUaRDngrwmui8JTD9AKPwHLDsf2nvouJq5tJ8cgwpBJjtW0SP5FIX9qnjznl8dSj5l 1k2j3hcuqXpNgoB4+SIjy+P58vtAJkQp8USnE= Received: by 10.231.162.2 with SMTP id t2mr7495482ibx.57.1282044878225; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:34:38 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: fthtmn@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.200.134 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:34:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201008162237.59827.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> From: Nganon Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:34:18 +0300 X-Google-Sender-Auth: AmaPvT_tAIMWqJAb9YBdS0YQblw Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to build a time machine on Gentoo To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0050450160018d8159048e035529 X-Archives-Salt: d8680c98-2239-4748-8442-41e260b75b72 X-Archives-Hash: 0b6ac167ecf7e7915ee92a5fcdd421b0 --0050450160018d8159048e035529 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On 17 August 2010 02:53, Thomas Yao wrote: > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:37 AM, Mick wrote: > > Not sure if it's in an overlay, but I don't think it's in portage. > > > > Run eix -l backup and see how many back up tools and scripts pop up. > > > > I have been using tar, star and rsync. They all work and they can all > make > > incremental back ups. You'll find that a lot of the other 'smart' back > up > > applications are based on these anyway. > > A disk archive utility called dar is a great staff to backup dir trees and > files > > Looks like the -A switch is exactly what I am looking for: This way you can make a first full backup, then many differential backup, each taking as reference the last backup made. Thanks! -- > @ghosTM55 > Mechanism, not policy > > --0050450160018d8159048e035529 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On 17 August 2010 02:53, Thomas Yao <t= .yao426@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:37 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:=
> Not sure if it's in an overlay, but I don't think it's in = portage.
>
> Run eix -l backup and see how many back up tools and scripts pop up. >
> I have been using tar, star and rsync. =A0They all work and they can a= ll make
> incremental back ups. =A0You'll find that a lot of the other '= smart' back up
> applications are based on these anyway.

A disk archive utility called dar is a great staff to backup dir tree= s and files


Looks l= ike the -A switch is exactly what I am looking for:

=A0=A0 =A0This way you can make a first full backup, then many differenti= al backup,=A0
=A0=A0 =A0each taking as reference the last backup made.=A0
=
Thanks!

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@ghosTM55
Mechanism, not policy


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