Re: Backup/Restore software?

[Jeff Bauer <alienjeff@charter.net>]

On 07/11/2013 08:42 PM, David Guntner wrote:
> Is there a Linux backup package that will do pretty much what I
> described above?

I know of no such package, though there very well may be one available. 
On the other hand, a simple back up script using rsync can do the trick 
for you. And example to back up your home stuff:

# backup /home
#
echo --------------
echo rsyncing /home
echo --------------
rsync -avz /home /mnt/sda1/debian_backup
# end

Using that for /home and other directories take care of the backing up. 
For scheduling, you can "tell" your computer to do whatever you want, 
whenever you want, with cron.

The learning curve will be pretty gentle with both writing said script 
and setting up cron. YMMV.

Regards,

Jeff