A workmate told me about a tool today called rdiff-backup (part of Fedora Extras) that uses the rsync protocol to do differential backups. Sounds cool. I'm going to do a little experimentation. Basically so I can do backups of my remote server over my DSL link (and reverse, backup my important local files to my remote server). Regards Drew Broadley wrote:
John R. McPherson wrote:
Actually getting around to writing a quick backup script also helps you think about which data on your computer is worth keeping "forever". For me it turned out that the only really critical stuff I'd want to keep is my digital photos. The /etc directory is useful too, although I could recreate similar config files myself. I wouldn't be able to recreate my photos.
For reference (hopefully someone can use it for that purpose) here is my rsync backup script:
---------------------- #!/bin/sh
export RSYNC='/usr/local/bin/rsync -a -z -u -v -4 --delete-after'
# Back up currently installed packages information (FreeBSD) # If I need to rebuild the box, I like to know what was on it :) /usr/sbin/pkg_info > /etc/pkg_info
# Back up WWW Data ${RSYNC} /www/usr/* /rsync/www
# Back up MAIL Data ${RSYNC} /home/vpopmail/* /rsync/mail
# Back up rsync realted scripts, because I hate having to recreate them! ${RSYNC} /root/bin/* /rsync/bin
# Back up SubVersioN Data ${RSYNC} /pub/svn/* /rsync/svn
# Back up configuration files ${RSYNC} /etc/* /rsync/etc ${RSYNC} /usr/local/etc/* /rsync/usr.local.etc
<<EOF
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