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I agree with Jesús but recommend you to use rsync for backup purpose. |
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Simple google for rsync backup script. |
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And this link explains why: |
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http://www.sanitarium.net/golug/rsync_backups.html |
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There are a lot backup scripts using rsync out there and most of them |
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are written in bash so it's anyway a good idea to learn a bit bash ;) |
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Am 22.12.2009 11:34, schrieb Jesús Guerrero: |
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> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:22:05 -0600, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Hi folks, |
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>> Me again. I'm thinking about writing a bash script that backs up my |
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>> /home directory. I found a guide but before I read all that stuff and |
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>> muddy up the waters, is this thing current and will it work fine with |
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>> the bash Gentoo uses? Links to a even better guide would be good too. |
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>> The guide I found is here: |
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>> http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ |
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> The advanced bash scripting guide will be equally valid nowadays as it was |
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> when it was first written. A few minor edges have changed in bash in the |
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> latest times, but you are unlikely to get touched by these unless you are |
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> using some rare feature. After all, bash is compatible with the original |
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> bourne shell to a big extent, and that part of its behavior never changes. |
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> If you truly want to learn bash, I say go for it and come back when/if you |
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> have some problem. |
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