rsync - it comes with your machine. In the shell do:
sudo su <your password here>
cd /
rsync -axv / <your target backup disk here>
This will back up whatever files have changed and new ones to you
backup disk preserving permissions and links. You can do variations on
the above restricting it to your home directory or whatever. The
example above will do the whole machine which also means that you have
a lifeboat in case of a serious disk crash. For tweeks tray "man
rsync"
It's simple, clean and reliable.
I've tried various GUI applications which are all base on rsync and
simply complicate matters in addition to some of them actually costin
money.
- Børre
On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 03:46:57PM +0000, Sílvia Vicente wrote:
Hi!
Every week I backup my working folders to an external disk simply by using
'finder' copy/paste.
Is this the 'good way' to back up files?
Do you know any free , friendly-user software that could do this
automatically.
Cheers
Silvia Vicente
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