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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] does anyone still use "dump" for backups these days?

I gave a little talk at OCLUG on how I put rsync into a script and then link that
to Double Commander so I have a "button" that rsync's left window to the right one.

Also buttons for my "remove from A (left) if in B (right)" directory tree.

I'm finding these aids helpful

I also have special backup scripts that backup selected directories via rsync to a Synology disk station.

As noted, rsync isn't user friendly, so I find it worth the effort to provide the friendliness to the
user (me!)

JN

On 2018-02-22 11:01 AM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> On 2018-02-22 10:46, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 Feb 2018, Dianne Skoll wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 10:33:24 -0500 (EST)
>>> "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>>   but what are folks out there using for their backups these days?
>>>> tar? rsync? amanda?
>>>
>>> I use rsync.
>>
>>   i'll keep track of the responses i get just to pass them on to the
>> class. regarding rsync, now that i went looking for backup solutions,
>> i just ran across dirvish:
>>
>>   http://dirvish.org/
>>
>> which is apparently a user-friendly wrapper around rsync:
>>
>>   http://dirvish.org/docs.html
> 
> rsync isn't user friendly?  ;-)
> 
> I love rsync for getting things across the pond and even comparing things. I
> really wish there was an "rdiff" that did what I expected, using the rsync
> protocol to just list the differences between two network entities.
> 
>> anyway, i'll keep an ongoing list of suggestions.
>>
>> rday
> 
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