rsync (package)

rsync -auv /mnt/samba /mnt/external

>>> Brian Rose <lists@brianrose.net> 12/31/04 12:59 PM >>>

I'm looking to backup my Samba share onto an external FAT32 drive. Is =
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a relatively simple way to do incremental backups? Basically if a file =
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changed or added, I want the script to copy only the changed or added =
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to an identical tree on the external drive.

A 'cp -R /mnt/samba /mnt/external' would do the trick, but it would waste =
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lot of time overwriting unchanged files. Is there a 'copy if newer' =
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man cp did not turn up any info on such a capability.

Thanks in advance

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Brian