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Bill Kenworthy wrote: |
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> On 08/08/18 11:43, Dale wrote: |
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>> Howdy, |
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>> Long story short that leads up to my questions, I paid off some debt. |
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> Hi Dale, |
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> what you are talking about is not a real backup but a single copy of |
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> your data that may or may not be complete (the delete option you |
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> mention) at a single point in time - not quite as useful as a proper |
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> versioned backup. Whatever your choice, also look at the restore |
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> procedure - very important. |
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> Have a look at Dirvish or borgbackup (both in portage) for what they can |
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> do. Having a space efficient store at regular points of time is a |
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> lifesaver at times. To restore from dirvish its a copy from the selected |
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> tree. With borg its either restore with a command, or mount it and copy |
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> the data out of the mount. |
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> http://dirvish.org/ |
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> https://www.borgbackup.org/ |
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> I moved from dirvish to borg 12 months ago and they are both excellent. |
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> BillK |
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It's a backup to me. I may not be using backup software but if I lose |
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the original file, I have another copy that I can back up from. Given |
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that I have two drives that can currently hold the files I don't want to |
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lose for sure, I have two backup copies. Whether it is called a backup |
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or called a copy doesn't matter. All that matters is that if my drive |
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should fail, my computer blows up, my house burns down or any number of |
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other possibilities, I can restore the files if needed. Whether it is a |
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technical backup or a copy ends the same way. Maybe calling it a copy |
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is better. :-) Maybe I'm to old school. lol |
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I will look into those software options tho. Right now I have the rsync |
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commands to backup a few directories in a script. It's not fancy but |
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basically one copies my camera pics, one copies my videos and the last |
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one copies my email directory. In all honesty, if I have those three |
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things, everything else can be reinstalled or be reconfigured. I'm not |
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trying or even planning to copy/backup the OS itself. If something |
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happened and I had to rebuild or redo my system, I'd do a fresh install |
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anyway. Having the config files would be nice but only IF it wouldn't |
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cause more problems than it solves. That was the reason for my question |
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about using --delete on config files. I tend to backup/copy the files |
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in /etc until I reboot then I start a new set. That way if I run into a |
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problem, I can either use the old file in whole or take parts of it |
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until I get whatever working again. I haven't ran into that problem in |
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a really long time tho. I can't recall the last time I do to be |
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honest. It's been years, many years. I'm not sure on the config files |
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in my home directory tho. I know KDE does some weird things during some |
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major upgrades. |
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As for restore, easy, rsync the files back over. Even if the |
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permissions are messed up, I can fix that easy enough. Other than that, |
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I'm not sure what other problem I could run into. The biggest thing, |
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having a copy I can use if I lose the originals. Also, with them being |
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plain copies, I can take the drive to a friend or family member and plug |
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the drive in to get to the videos, documents etc. No special software |
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really needed. Heck, for the videos, I could watch them straight from |
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the USB drive. |
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Now to go check into those backup programs. Borg. Sounds Star Trekish |
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to me, or was that Star Wars. ROFL |
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Thanks much for the info. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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