Re: Segate FreeAgent USB drive

ed <[email protected]> Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:34:50 -0400
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On 09/07/2010 11:51 PM, RickS wrote:
> on Monday Sep 06 2010 Chris wrote:
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>> On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 18:33 -0400, ed wrote:
>>      
>>> On 09/03/2010 06:28 PM, Chris wrote:
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>>>> On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 18:13 -0400, ed wrote:
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> [...]
>
>    
>>> dd works for me, if you want to copy the whole drive. of course you
>>> could just add a drive to the box if all you are wanting is cheap
>>> drive space.
>>>        
>> Ed, I've got dd running now backing up my /home, however since dd backs
>> up not only the used space but empty space as well is there another app
>> that I can use that will only backup used space as well as include
>> symlinks? Or is that asking too much? I've looked as apps like Bacula
>> but those all provide network backups and I'm not sure they'd work just
>> going over to a usb drive.
>>
>> Chris
>>      
> I would think rsync is exactly what you want and copy symlinks. The
> -a option will cover that nicely but man rsync for more info.
>
> HTH
>    
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On 09/07/2010 11:51 PM, RickS wrote:
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  <pre wrap="">on Monday Sep 06 2010 Chris wrote:
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    <pre wrap="">On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 18:33 -0400, ed wrote:
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      <pre wrap="">On 09/03/2010 06:28 PM, Chris wrote: 
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        <pre wrap="">On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 18:13 -0400, ed wrote:
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  <pre wrap="">[...]

  </pre>
  <blockquote type="cite">
    <blockquote type="cite">
      <pre wrap="">dd works for me, if you want to copy the whole drive. of course you
could just add a drive to the box if all you are wanting is cheap
drive space. 
      </pre>
    </blockquote>
    <pre wrap="">
Ed, I've got dd running now backing up my /home, however since dd backs
up not only the used space but empty space as well is there another app
that I can use that will only backup used space as well as include
symlinks? Or is that asking too much? I've looked as apps like Bacula
but those all provide network backups and I'm not sure they'd work just
going over to a usb drive.

Chris
    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap="">I would think rsync is exactly what you want and copy symlinks. The
-a option will cover that nicely but man rsync for more info.

HTH
  </pre>
</blockquote>
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