BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Noob questions

2009-05-22 18:53:26
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Noob questions
From: Chris Robertson <crobertson AT gci DOT net>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 14:48:39 -0800
Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Yes. I thought BackupPC was more like a cron job that runs once every 
> hour. My current script runs every 2 hours, so I always know when it's 
> not running. But if BackupPC runs all the time, then that's different.
>
> Are you aware of any backup tool that might be more suitable for what I 
> need? My script works well and I'm happy with it, but I wouldn't mind 
> getting some additional features like compression and exponential 
> backups which my script doesn't do.
>
> Daniel.

Check out rdiff-backup (http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/).  It sounds 
like a good fit.

Chris

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