From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0A1C915838C for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:29:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 677852BC07F; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:29:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.io (ciao.gmane.io [116.202.254.214]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B08F02BC06D for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:29:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rUtnG-0007fb-1n for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:29:14 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Suggestions for backup scheme? Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:29:07 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: 8f2642ca-2e34-4f4e-9d78-7d1c3c117a39 X-Archives-Hash: e58b81c2fce7d8281fab2b229ca522d4 On 2024-01-30, Thelma wrote: > I backup, periodically: > - corontab (user, root) > - etc > - hylafax > > daily: > - data > > It all depend what you want you backup, how large is your data. > For backup standard "rsync" over the network does the job OK rsnapshot is a perl app that automates/organizes rsync backups, so it's doing pretty much the same thing as the script below (though it's a little more sophisticated). > I customized this rsync-bacup script: > https://serverfault.com/questions/271527/explain-this-rsync-script-for-me-linux-backups > [...]