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 > > slainte mhath, RGB > > -- > Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> > <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! > Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% > Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________ > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >