Re: [BackupPC-users] how to backup only essential data

[Les M. <le...@fu...>]

On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 00:36, Brendan Simon wrote:

> >Commit them back and make sure the repository is backed up.  That's
> >kind of the point of cvs.
> >  
> >
> Sort of.  CVS is not really designed to be used to store everyday 
> backups of unfinished work, though I do conceed that some people do use 
> it that way. 

We use it that way. Not only do we not want to back up everybody's
workspace but if you don't commit (and update) frequently, you'll
get out of sync with others working on the same project and have
to deal with big conflicts when the changes finally come back.

> Anyway, it doesn't really help because even if I check everything back 
> into the repository everyday, I will still have all the source files in 
> my home directory that will be backed up by backuppc.  That's what I'm 
> trying to avoid (I think).

Put them under a directory that is excluded.

> I guess I could do it by deleting my cvs sandbox every night and then 
> checking out fresh copies every morning, but I don't think it is a very 
> practicle solution and not really bandwidth friendly.

Or, work out a way to copy/hardlink only the modified files to a
non-excluded directory. 

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  Les Mikesell
    le...@fu...