rdiff-backup

rdiff-backup is a script, written in python that backs up one directory to another.

Backing Up

Simple backup

rdiff-backup [email protected]::/var/www/localhost server.com

Ignore .git directory and display files being archived:

rdiff-backup -v5 --exclude '**.git' /var/www/localhost/htdocs /var/storage/rdiff/server.com

Restoring

rdiff -r 7D /var/source /var/dest

Deleting old copies

Server Configuration

Initial archive

rdiff-backup -v5 --exclude '**.git' /var/www/localhost/htdocs /var/storage/rdiff/server.com

Local cron job

0 2 * * * rdiff-backup --exclude '**.git' /var/www/localhost/htdocs /var/storage/rdiff/server.com &> /dev/null

Remote cron job

0 2 * * * rdiff-backup --exclude '**.git' server.com::/var/www/localhost/htdocs /var/storage/rdiff/server.com &> /dev/null