From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 7 16:02:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50DC51065683 for ; Wed, 7 May 2008 16:02:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A66A8FC15 for ; Wed, 7 May 2008 16:02:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Jtm6I-0003MW-Mx; Wed, 07 May 2008 17:02:38 +0100 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id m47G2cmD018414; Wed, 7 May 2008 17:02:38 +0100 Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1BC0BFCA4AF; Wed, 7 May 2008 17:02:33 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 17:02:33 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: David Banning Message-ID: <20080507160233.GA4688@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20080506160602.GA27098@skytracker.ca> <20080507123728.GA4084@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20080507142512.GA72212@skytracker.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080507142512.GA72212@skytracker.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Wed, 07 May 2008 17:02:38 +0100 (BST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestion on a backup utility X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 16:02:40 -0000 On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 10:25:12AM -0400, David Banning wrote: > > > For backing up purposes, I use a number of tools. > > Thanks Frank for your input. I have chosen for now use Chuck's suggestion, > that being cvsup. The only thing I would like to do is omit certain files > that I don't want backed up - large unimportant files - some cache and > log files. I'll look at your suggestions and see if there is a way > to tweak my backup strategy for the best mix. Hi David, Obviously, you're best placed to decide which backup strategies are best to use with your setup. With cvsup you can use refuse files which might be of use. It means that some parts of the tree are ignored when cvsup is run. The manpage describes the usage of them. Best of luck and may I wish you no data loss! Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html