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Neil Vaytet — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:39:26 -0000

How to use the backup script:

The current version needs to be run daily (or some other time interval of your choice) by the host machine using a task scheduling. In order to keep a record of the performed backups, the best would be to re-direct the output of the script into a log file by telling the task scheduler to run "./backup.sh > backup.log".

You have to specify at the start of the script which files/folders you want backing up. Next, you need to enter how many backups you want to perform and a remote server and backup location for each backup (if backups are local, just leave the REMOTEHOST blank). For remote backups, you need to have generated a ssh key so that the script does not have to ask for password to connect to the remote host.

The script will look back in time (up to 100 days) for previous backups and will use the most recent one as a basis for linking old files that have not changed. Only new files will be copied, thus limiting the size of the backups. The original copy will automatically be created the first time the script is run, and will perform linking from there onwards.

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Neil Vaytet — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:19:22 -0000

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