Hi,
the ftp idea has to do with shellworld, but I am sure other alternatives
will work.
would I require dsl to run this option?
I have never been a windows user, so no need to test it until the LInux box
is complete. Besides I have more stuff up here in my shellworld space
than I have hard drive space outside of the new machine grin.
Thanks for the suggestion,
Karen
On Thu, 1 May 2008, Tony Baechler wrote:
Karen Lewellen wrote:
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?
Hi,
Is there any reason why it has to be ftp? I personally use rsync and
recommend it. It only downloads what's changed, so you don't have to get the
same files over and over. It has a switch to use compression, but that won't
help with mp3 files. There is nothing that rsync can't do. It runs great on
Windows if you need something temporarily until your Linux box is working.
Just use something like at (1) or cron to set this up automatically.
Practically any good distro will have rsync and cron, and I know Debian for
sure has at. If you absolutely must use ftp, that won't work and I don't know
of any solution since ftp isn't designed to just download differences. You
could use ncftpget and ncftpput but that transfers everything over and over.
_______________________________________________
Blinux-list mailing list
Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
_______________________________________________
Blinux-list mailing list
Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list