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mmmna . . . .
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2024 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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tar does incremental backups, wouldn't something like a timer applet be able to be configured to fire off a tar command? Or maybe use the at daemon?
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mmmna wrote: | tar does incremental backups, wouldn't something like a timer applet be able to be configured to fire off a tar command? Or maybe use the at daemon? |
I can't use something like a timer as I'm backing up my laptop to an external drive which isn't always attached. So what I want is something I can run when I connect the drive.
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2024 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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Write a small bash script that runs as a daily / weekly CRON job? You could have it check if the external hard drive is connected (grep the /etc/mtab file for the mount point) and if so, continue with a file copy or incremental tar or rsync or whatever.
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Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2024 7:04 am Post subject: |
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VHockey86 wrote: | Write a small bash script that runs as a daily / weekly CRON job? You could have it check if the external hard drive is connected (grep the /etc/mtab file for the mount point) and if so, continue with a file copy or incremental tar or rsync or whatever. |
That was one of my thoughts but as I have never written anything like that I put the idea to one side.
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mmmna . . . .
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2024 3:01 am Post subject: |
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Huh? Here is the end of my "man tar":
Code: | AUTHOR
Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-tar@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the
extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for tar is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info and tar programs are properly installed at your site, the com‐
mand
info tar
should give you access to the complete manual.
tar 1.16 October 2024 TAR(1) |
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Pet3M0ss Advanced Member
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2024 11:17 am Post subject: |
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I dunno, JP, as Konqueror renders the two the same.
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JP Linux Guru
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2024 4:48 am Post subject: |
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Must be SeaMonkey then ... I see JP wrote: | Your post reminded me that I wanted to back up my system, so I got to looking into that. Maybe one of these will help you as well.
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richard quoting me wrote: | Your post reminded me thate a look at them lat I wanted to back up my system, so I got to looking into that. Maybe one of these will help you as well.
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Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2024 9:10 am Post subject: |
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correction, JP, I was just reading too fast--- it is rendered differently.
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