Re: [gentoo-user] Encrypted Backups

[Ed Santiago]

Hi,

>I want to make backups from my laptop to a cardreader (pcmcia), making
>daily full and hourly incremental backups *if the card is plugged in*
>...
>Additionally I need some kind of encryption.

I highly recommend dar:

    http://dar.linux.free.fr/

It handles incrementals well; has built-in encryption (with
optional unencrypted catalog, which is *very* nice); it groks
hardlinks and device nodes; it can create fixed-size slices,
e.g. for burning CDs/DVDs; and it handles deletes on restore.

The downside is that it can be a little clunky to invoke.
But that's what scripts are for.  I wrote my own front end.

Good luck,
Ed
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