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If you want to make backups, don't do it on a cdrom. Try rsync, it's a great |
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backup tool. Here's a guide to dip your feet in: |
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http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ |
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On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Hung Dang <hungptit@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>> Hung Dang wrote: |
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>>> James Wall wrote: |
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>>>> Hi all, |
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>>>> I am looking for a backup program that can back up to my DVD+-R/RW drive |
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>>>> to back up my private portage tree/distfile/music/web server. What |
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>>>> programs would you recommend to handle this task? |
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>>>> TIA James Wall |
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>>> You can try k3b |
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>> Well, that's not a backup app. But anyway, I don't use a "backup app" |
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>> either. I just tar.lzma the whole thing and burn it :P |
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>> My bad :( I thought it is the program to write to DVD. |
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> I am not sure what you want. In my case, I combine a bash script to |
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> compress, rsync ... with cron to do the back up weekly. It seem to be quite |
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> convenient. |
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> If you have big files using rar is faster and save more space than tar. |
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> Hung |
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