I have been using rdiff-backup lately and its working pretty good for me -- does not use ftp but rsync and ssh. It is available in at least Debian, and gentoo. on Thursday 05/01/2008 Karen Lewellen(klewellen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote > Hi folks, > Wondering about this in theory? > I would guess I would require a dsl connection, something I presently > do not have, but wanted to ask this anyway. > I have a major quantity of files in my shellworld workspace. Last weekend, > I noticed that almost every file with a certain extension, .mp3, had > disappeared. Given I am both a singer and a radio producer with many > files of critical importance in this format I was not happy. to his > credit, the files were restored, and what was missing is likely in themail > folders I keep to insure I am covered. to his detriment, no explanation > was offered as to how this happened. > So, I realize the time is coming for me to set up an alternative backup > of my own. > Having this Linux box built has been slower than planned, I do not even > have access to a cd burner yet. However I am wondering if there is a > Linux utility that will let me make scheduled backups from my shellworld > space to my Linux machine via ftp? If so, in which distribution? > Thanks, and if my question is not clear enough let me know. > Karen > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list