Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:22:04 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: herbert langhans <w3@langhans.com.pl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup tools Message-ID: <20120623102204.3c8bd0f8.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206230949050.31186@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20120623023022.5993A106572F@hub.freebsd.org> <20120623064727.GA11101@manul.langhans.com.pl> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206230949050.31186@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:49:39 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > Maybe take a look at lftp, at the mirror option. For basic demands its a > > compact solution. > > try doing backup of things with 10000 dirs and million files and certainly > you will understand you need rsync. In addition to rsync, which is regarded the default tool for the described action, maybe cpdup is worth looking at. It also has the ability to maintain "incremental" backups (add changes). > ftp protocol is plain bad for that. And insecure unless tunneled through some encryption (which might be important when backups appear inside a network with non-trusted participants, or across the Internet). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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