[Sussex] Backup my Distro

[Angelo Servini]

<<I Wrote:>>
>> I want to be able to back up my Linux partition on a regular basis.  Can
>> anybody show me an example script or scripts I can write to do this?


<Iain Stevenson's reply:>
>
>You could use this: http://cdbkup.sourceforge.net/
>
>Most of the backup utilities seem to write tar files (as does 
>cdbkup).  I 
>haven't yet found a script that manages the magic task of 
>compressing files 
>individually so that:
>
>- you don't have the problem of a complete 5Gbyte backup screwed up
>  by a minor CD error
>- it's easy to find the one file you want from the backup using
>  a GUI (eg ROX-Filer)
>

Makes sense, although combining files together is usually part of the
process of saving space.  However, what you outline is a pretty good idea as
any screwups would only affect a particular CD which then could be re-burnt.

Methinks, there must be a way to do this, tho it would be a pretty
complicated script, dealing with gzipping each file creating temporary
directories/source directory structure for each CD and making sure that the
CD size limit is not exceeded as the files are copied in, then ISO's
created. Finally burning the CD's one at a time.

The restore process would be just as complex, unless you just wanted one or
two files.

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