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On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:33:52 -0200, Jerônimo Backes wrote: |
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> Is there a tool to make these repetitive tasks automatically? I would |
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> like to have something that just copies the updated (and new) files to |
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> my external HD, in order to keep both directories' contents in sync (on |
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> my laptop: /home/jbackes/documents; on my external |
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> HD: /mnt/external/backup/documents/) . |
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rdiff-backup. I've been using it for a couple of years and it does just |
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what you need. it also keeps old versions so you can roll back in the |
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event of a mistake. |
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> And for the activity of packing and mailing recent changed documents, is |
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> there a tool that could do this automagically? |
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You could use find to generate a list of files changed n the last two |
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hours, pass this list to tar - it has an option to accept a list of files |
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to archive on stdin - and then mail this to your backup account. |
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There's also a FUSE module to mount your gmail mail account and use it |
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for file storage, but you won't find it in portage because it breaks |
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Google's T&Cs |
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http://richard.jones.name/google-hacks/gmail-filesystem/gmail-filesystem.html |
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Neil Bothwick |
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