epike on Thu, 21 Nov 2002 11:20:06 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] rsync + ssh question


> Do you really need a live mirror of the server, or do you only want a set 
> of off-site backups? If the latter, I suggest this nifty little tool: 
> <http://www.nongnu.org/duplicity/>. It takes incremental backups using the 
> rdiff algorithm (same as rsync uses) and uploads them to a backup server 
> via scp. I've been using it to backup my personal machine for a few weeks now.

no mirror, just a set of backups.  thanks for the link, 
I was not aware of this tool. I just bookmarked it for reading late 
today.  Maybe this is all i need.

epike

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