[Tfug] Linux backup

[Claude Rubinson]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 07:50:06PM +0200, christopher floess wrote:
> 
> On 04/19/2010 05:46 PM, Paul Steinbach wrote:
> >Also recommend rsync.  Easy to script, throttle bandwidth of
> >backups, manipulate originals vs copies.
> >
> Yeah, but there is a learning curve there.  Right now is just one of
> the few times where I just want something quick and easy.

What do you mean by "quick and easy?"  rsync basically works just like
cp or scp.  To backup one director to another, just do

    $ rsync -avz /src /dest

If you're going from one machine to another, tunnel it via ssh and
don't worry about setting up an rsync daemon.

Claude