BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc on the same (server) system?

2008-12-11 21:09:21
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc on the same (server) system?
From: Adam Goryachev <mailinglists AT websitemanagers.com DOT au>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:07:50 +1100
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Glassfox wrote:
> Well,backuppc is installed and running. But two things I didn't
> found:
> 
> 1. Where can I define the backups destination path? I want to use an
> external USB drive for this.

You don't, you mount your external drive at the location your
installation defines as the mount point. On debian this is /var/lib/backuppc

> 2. What is the right (host?) configuration if I just want to backup
> just everything (a copy of all existing files on disk)? I mean, what
> do I have to define for all this include/exclude/etc. parameters?

See the example config for localhost.pl included with debian, or review
the wiki, and/or mailing list posts. Some examples will show how to use
sudo + rsync (or tar) to backup the local machine.

Regards,
Adam
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