simple way to back up a folder
by hedron from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6KWRS)
What's a good way to back up a folder?
Looking to make monthly backups.
Simply doing this:
Code:cp -r /path/to/folder/* /backup/folder/Works good for one time. But then you don't want to back up all the stuff everytime, as it takes quite a while.
Then there's the problem of monitoring every folder in case I move a folder. So, cp -r isn't going to work.
Another solution is to have two backup hard drives, and cp -r onto alternating drives every month.
It's gigabytes of data, and most of it is already is compressed format. So, tar and similar commands only increase the amount of time required.
Looking to make monthly backups.
Simply doing this:
Code:cp -r /path/to/folder/* /backup/folder/Works good for one time. But then you don't want to back up all the stuff everytime, as it takes quite a while.
Then there's the problem of monitoring every folder in case I move a folder. So, cp -r isn't going to work.
Another solution is to have two backup hard drives, and cp -r onto alternating drives every month.
It's gigabytes of data, and most of it is already is compressed format. So, tar and similar commands only increase the amount of time required.