Re: [orca-list] problems backing up files

[covici ccs covici com]

rsync is very nice, if you want to be able to restore previous versions
of files, rdiff-backup works well.  You do have to read manual pages for
those, but that is Linux for you.

Michael Weaver <weavermicha googlemail com> wrote:

> I am trying to backup my Ubuntu system but I am having problems finding
> either a suitable backuptool which works with Orca or even do it
> successfully with the command line.
> With Deja-dup I get an error message about certain files like Duplicity
> etc and it refuses to backup properly.
> I even tried backing up my files from the terminal with as root user
> after doing sudo su and typing my password with cp /home /media/DISGO,
> the /media/DISGO being myy USB stick only I get an "Ommitting /home"
> error message or something.
> Unless I am doing something wrong such as maybe not adding *.* after
> my /home after the CP command I can't understand why Orca gives me this
> error message.
> Not adding *.* is the only thing I can think of which might prevent me
> from backing up my home directory.
> Maybe someone could also suggest which files I might need to backup as
> well as either a suitable app that works with Orca or a command line
> which isn't complicated.
> I read something about it being able to be done with the tar command
> only I will have to look it up each time unless there is a way of
> scripting the commands so I can run them automatically every so often.
> Someone else suggested Rsync or something only it looks a bit
> complicated and I am not sure if you need a server for that command
> which I don't have. 
>
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