[Techtalk] backup - tar

Raquel Rice raquel at thericehouse.net
Mon Aug 30 13:25:45 EST 2004


On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:04:20 -0700
Maria McKinley <maria at shadlen.org> wrote:

> Is there another way to backup on linux?

Since you're using Debian ... I've not tried using it yet, but I've
just recently heard about rdiff-backup.  It may be worth taking a
look at as it stores a single backup with rdiff"tags" so a previous
incarnation can be retrieved.  I've just installed it and am
starting to look at it.

-- 
Raquel
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didn't know, I held opportunity.
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