rdiff-backup

Links

• http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/examples.html
• http://wiki.openkm.com/index.php/Backup_with_rdiff-backup#Remote_backup_with_rdiff-backup_.28Tomcat_-_MySQL.29

Examples

• check for older Versions:

  rdiff-backup -l /backup/folder

  make a backup:

  rdiff-backup /working/folder/ /backup/folder/

  remote host:

  rdiff-backup /some/local-dir hostname.net::/whatever/remote-dir

  Wen ein Backup failt wird es so auf den letzen Stand zurückgesetzt:

  rdiff-backup —check-destination-dir /backup/dir

  Mit exclude und include files:

#!/bin/bash
# Backup script for remote host
  HOSTNAME=galaxy
  USERNAME=root
  DESTINATION=/home/freddy/backup/$HOSTNAME/

  rdiff-backup --print-statistics --terminal-verbosity 2 \
      --exclude-globbing-filelist backup.exclude \
      --include-globbing-filelist backup.include \
      --exclude / $USER@$HOSTNAME::/ $DESTINATION

Exclude

- /tmp
    /mnt
    /media
    /dev
    /sys

Include

- /bin
    /etc
    /home
    /lib
    /opt
    /root
    /sbin
    /usr
    /var

Sudo

• http://bencane.com/2013/05/20/securely-backing-up-your-files-with-rdiff-backup-and-sudo/