Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:17:54 -0300 (ADT) From: "A. Hamilton-Wright" <andrew@qemg.org> To: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org> Cc: David N <davidn04@gmail.com>, FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB HD based backup schemes Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0804261814550.1514@qemg.org> In-Reply-To: <3FF328B9-041B-4A36-9853-B8E6361EA4F8@goldmark.org> References: <31702B1B-03EF-4505-8BDF-D82A90C865ED@goldmark.org> <4d7dd86f0804261338r25e0d028tcaba1dde19c9444b@mail.gmail.com> <3FF328B9-041B-4A36-9853-B8E6361EA4F8@goldmark.org>
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On Sat, 26 Apr 2008, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > On Apr 26, 2008, at 3:38 PM, David N wrote: > >> We used to use RSnapshot http://www.rsnapshot.org/ to backup to an >> external disk, its a great tool that also does incremental via hard >> links which is a plus. > > Just after I posted, I started thinking about rsync. I hadn't known about > rsync's hard link feature. > > So once I saw that, the trail did lead me to rsnapshot. The only thing I > don't like about it is the security hole it demands of remote machines to be > able to back up to them. Take a look at rsync's -e feature. You can use it to pipe its output through an ssh tunnel much as I just posted a moment ago: rsync -e "ssh -x" ... kreacher:path/to/usb/storage Andrew.
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