<html><body>Hi Peter,<br /><br />On 28 August 2012 17:18, Peter Humphreys <peter@humphreys999.free-online.co.uk> wrote:<br />
> If anyone can pass on a few hints and tips on backing up my data I would be<br />
> very grateful.<br /><br />I use rsync very successfully. Run as normal user:<br /><br />$ rsync -aW --exclude='*~' /home/fay/ /media/backup/fay/<br /><br />Note: above command is one I use for first-time backup. For subsequent update backups I use a variant that outputs the changes to a log file:<br /><br />$ rsync -avi --delete --exclude='*~' --log-file=/home/backup_log_fay/`date +%Y%m%d`_changes.log --log-file-format='{%M} %i %n%L' /home/fay/ /media/backup/fay/<br /><br />Note: I created the backup_log_fay folder in /home and made it writable by user fay. The command automatically prefixes the log file name with the current date.<br /><br />Run man rsync for an explanation of when to use trailing slashes.<br /><br />I have a whole procedure documented, for both initial and subsequent backups, which I can show you on Thursday if you decide to go with rsync.<br /><br /><br />
Best Regards,<br />Fay<br />East Grinstead Linux User Group<br />www.eglug.org.uk<br /><br /></body></html>