Suppose you’ve been good (or sort of good anyway), and you have a huge stack of CD-ROMs (or DVDs) with backups and archives of your old files. Great. But how can you find anything? I solved this problem today by making an index of all the files stored on these disks using a few simple GNU command line tools.
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Handy backup scripts and commands
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Almost every Linux distribution worth its salt comes with rsync and lftp – powerful backup and transfer tools that can help you to keep your important data safe. But what if you don't have time to fiddle with multiple settings? No problem. Here are a couple of rsync and lftp command samples you can use to create your own backup scripts in a matter of minutes.
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Using Unison to synchronize data on a USB stick
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If graphical synchronization tools like Toucan are not flexible enough for your needs, you might want to try Unison, an easy-to-use yet powerful synchronization utility.
Read more »Simple Linux Backup rolls out new rev
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The Simple Linux Backup project announced the release of version 0.3.2 today. Simple Linux Backup is an easy-to-use program for backing up a desktop Linux system, with a friendly user interface, originator Steven J. Rosen said. It has been featured here on DesktopLinux.com.
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