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back up on linux fedora

I have 2 hardisks on linux fedora how can i back up /home directory to another hardisk every day

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ahoffmann

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Phreonx

Hello,
write a small script that copies only the diffs and create a crontab as ahoffmann suggested. The script will be executed as often as you define in the crontab. It will take considerably more time to complete the first time because it will copy the entire /home tree but after that completion times will reduce. Here's the script:

#!/bin/bash
# ScriptName: DailyBackup
cp -uR /TargetHome /DestinationHome

-u: Copies files only when the source file is newer than the destination or when the destination file is missing.
-R: Process (sub)directories recursively

Make DailyBackup executable:

chmod 700 DailyBackup

To edit your crontab files type:
crontab -e

0 14 * * * /path/to/DailyBackup

Your script will get executed everyday at 1400h. Modify the time as suited

Hope that helped ;)

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Phreonx

You're right. Should have specified:

cp -uRp /TargetHome /DestinationHome

Does that look better?

ahoffmann

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