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Old 03-26-2002
Need to write a home-grown backup script for Linux
I am researching ways in which to backup files or whole file systems for backup to another system.

We are using Suse Linux 7.0 with no tape backup devices or secondary disks.

What utilities would be the best to use for a simple yet flexible script for backup purposes?

tar, cpio, compress.
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Old 03-26-2002
You might also want to consider rsync. Combined with ssh you can make secure backups to a remote machine, transferring only data that has changed (incremental) or full backup. Tar/compress the data on the remote side as necessary.
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Old 03-27-2002
Are there any other tools that anyone would reccomend for ease of management of full system backups?
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Old 03-27-2002
Try searching freshmeat.net. Lots of backup-related stuff there:

http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=backup&section=projects
 
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