Re: Incremental Backups

Boris Goldowsky <boris-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/[email protected]> Mon, 07 Jun 2004 15:14:07 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.hdup.general
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On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 12:38 -0400, Rob Cotrone wrote:

> Here is a very simple script that can be run via cron to insure the 
> backups (monthly,weekly,daily) do not step on one another.
> Hope this helps.

There's also backup.pl and cleanup.pl which are distributed with hdup -
they are configurable in terms of how much history you want to keep, and
they are pretty careful about handling unusual cases (say, a backup
doesn't happen for some reason).  When cleaning up, they make sure that
you keep monthlies for as long as you keep the weeklies that depend on
them, etc.

If they don't cover your needs, I'm sure extensions would be welcome.

Bng
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Boris Goldowsky <boris-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/[email protected]>