Hi there,
Thanks once again for the command and ideas.
Frankly I do not want anon line option. If that were safe enough I
would just leave things here at shellworld.
I think my biggest worry is maintaining the speed and normalcy with which
I work.
I realize many here spend their lives working with and playing with this
technology, but I run a production company, so want a Linux setup that is
solid reliable, and need not be changed every other week.
You have totally persuaded me that ftp is not the way to go. I love the
idea of flexibility and updated backups.
Now to get the rest of what I need together.
Karen
On Sat, 3 May 2008, Tony Baechler wrote:
Karen Lewellen wrote:
I am trying to remember the command for learning my file size usage up
here, but as I now have .pdf files missing too, it would not be correct
in any case.
Hi,
Try this:
du -s
I may now need to create a server of my own, since I cannot imagine having
to send something back up here if I need it...which has happened 4 times
in the past few days.
Plus I want to keep my folder structure in pine if I can.
Well, rsync works both ways, so if files are missing from a remote account
that are present locally, it will copy them as well as copying remote files
to the local server. The idea is to keep a directory structure synchronized.
I've used it to back up hard drives and my home directory on a server with
great success. I recently posted here about backing up email when Daniel
asked, but the short answer is that it should work just as well for folders
and mailboxes as anything else. I have several hundred mbox format mailboxes
that copied fine. Also, rsync works over ssh so it should work fine assuming
you have a shell account and ssh is supported. That is far more secure than
ftp which has no encryption at all.
I had another thought. There are various online backup services that might
eliminate the need for you to download a huge amount of data and wouldn't
require DSL or your own server. Of course you would have to pay for such a
service, but since it's all done online, you would have nothing to worry
about storing locally. There is one service that uses rsync but I'm not
remembering the name at the moment. I think the idea is that you use rsync
to move your files as you would normally but you back them up to a restricted
ssh account on their server. I have no idea what prices are or how much
space you get.
To get you started, here is a sample command line which I use to backup my
home directory:
rsync tony@xxxxxxxxxxx:~/ .
Or, to "archive" files including all directories, file permissions, dates and
times, etc as well as giving more verbose output:
rsync -av tony@xxxxxxxxxxx:~/ .
You could replace the dot with another drive and path, like this:
rsync -av tony@xxxxxxxxxxx:~/ g:\serverhome
That doesn't even scratch the surface of what rsync can do but that should
get you started. As with all good tools, it has options to exclude certain
files if you have some stored locally already and don't want to back them up.
It scans both local and remote directories first so it doesn't download files
that are already present, saving time and bandwidth. I wouldn't go back to
ftp again for any serious backing up because rsync is so much faster and more
flexible.
Keep me posted, I'm interested in what options you decide to pursue and how
it works out.
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