backup system rsync <-> dump

[Philip Hallstrom]

>> With the right settings of --backup --backup-dir you can easily create a 
>> week (or two or three or whatever) archive of the "daily" changed files. 
>> So, for example..
>> 
>> /backup/usr - contains identical copy
>> /backup/dailys/usr/Mon - contains files that changed on /usr on Monday.
>> 
>> Then just set things up to rotate/expire the old copies and you have an 
>> easy way to get files back you deleted that you didn't mean to.
>> 
>> I can post the whole script if you're interested...
>> 
>> -philip
>
> Philip: I would be very interested in seeing your script if you would kindliy 
> post it.

http://www.pjkh.com/~philip/backups.tgz

Pretty straight forward.  Set your directories in files.sh, create 
'server' directories in servers and define what files/directories to 
include/exclude.  Then run the script...

-philip