data backup software for freebsd

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John,

By the nature of your questions I'll respond that it would not be 
unreasonable (nor uncommon) to do this:

     tar czf /usr/local/archives/etc.tar.gz -C / etc usr/local/etc

where 'c' means create, 'z' means compress (using gzip), and 'f' is the 
name of the archive file to write on. '-C' means change to this 
directory before performing the archive. 'etc usr/local/etc' are the 
directories that are to be included in the archive.

I prefer to date my archives in the filename and do this (I also like 
long options):

     tar --create --verbose --gzip --directory=/ \
       --file=/usr/local/archives/etc-2004.09.06-archive.tgz \
       etc > /usr/local/archives/etc-2004.09.06-archive.log

     tar --create --verbose --gzip --directory=/ \
       --file=/usr/local/archives/usr.local.etc-2004.09.06-archive.tgz \
       usr/local/etc > \
       /usr/local/archives/usr.local.etc-2004.09.06-archive.log

I then diff the log files against the archives as a check.

     tar tzf /usr/local/archives/etc-2004.09.06-archive.tgz | \
       diff -s - /usr/local/archives/etc-2004.09.06-archive.log

U can use scp (or some ftp agent) to shoot the archives and logs to 
your ftp server as you wish.

Also, consider doing the following:

     man tar
     man gzip
     man diff

Happy Tarring,
Alex


On Sep 6, 2004, at 6:39 PM, John Lee wrote:

> hmm, are there any popular free data backup software
> for freebsd?
>
> i hope to backup my /etc and important files to another
> server via ftp.
>
> --john.
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