Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:29:36 +0100 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: Eric Zimmerman <eric@mikestammer.com> Cc: "drcubi@yahoo.com" <drcubi@yahoo.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Backup to spare drive (rsync / crontab) Message-ID: <F65FDEF6-4DCF-4A57-A967-3D5C2DD85454@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <61874.67.166.123.99.1233350902.squirrel@mikestammer.com> References: <229610.47419.qm@web51408.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <61874.67.166.123.99.1233350902.squirrel@mikestammer.com>
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On Jan 30, 2009, at 22:28, "Eric Zimmerman" <eric@mikestammer.com> wrote: > On Fri, January 30, 2009 11:37 am, drcubi@yahoo.com wrote: >> I am using rsync and crontab to perform scheduled backups on FreeBSD >> AMD64 Rel. 7.0 >> I am following process described here for rsync : >> http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/examples.html >> > > You should check out the rsnapshot port. it does what you are > looking for > and more. It will save you a lot of scripting, etc and it works > great. I > have been using it as part of my backup procedure for a while now > and it > works well. > > Eric > > Lot's of solutions: I use dirvish, also from the ports. Peter -- http://www.boosten.org
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