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How do I set up keep to backup to a usb drive (sdc6)every day

Asked by Tom Ronayne

I have an external usb drive 300GB that I wish to back up my HOME folder to on a daily basis.
How do I set this up?

Tom

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Best Eduardo Cereto (dudus) said : 		#1

you should try rsync.

sudo apt-get install rsync

In the first time you use this command it will take a while to backup everything. But once it's complete the updates should be fast because rsync only sends the diff for modified files.

rsync -av /home /media/diskname

more at http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/

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Tom Ronayne (tomarramot) said : 		#2

Thanks Eduardo Cereto, that solved my question.

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Tom Ronayne (tomarramot) said : 		#3

Thanks Eduardo
Job done.
Tom

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Eduardo Cereto <
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> Your question #28625 on keep in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/keep/+question/28625
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Eduardo Cereto proposed the following answer:
> you should try rsync.
>
> sudo apt-get install rsync
>
> In the first time you use this command it will take a while to backup
> everything. But once it's complete the updates should be fast because
> rsync only sends the diff for modified files.
>
> rsync -av /home /media/diskname
>
> more at http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/
>
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