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I've used Grsync to set up a number of file backup sessions, but I'd like to use the scheduler to run at say weekly intervals.
In my Applications>System Tools I have a program called Scheduler which I assume is a frontend for crontab?
I've seen enough threads on crontab to think I could have a go at setting it up, but how to I get the list of commands etc out of grsync to put into it?
Any help appreciated
Cheers
I'm guessing that grsync is simply a frontend to rsync. You can add the commands for rsync into the crontab, and they will be exectued on the scheduled basis. You can take a look into crontab here.Quote:
Originally Posted by aquascrotum
Yep, it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by talsemgeest
Btw, if your machine isn't on 24/7 then you will want to use anacrontab. That's as simple as dropping your rsync script into the right folder (eg: /etc/cron.weekly) and making sure it's executable by root.
As per my original post, my main query is in decifering what the rsync commands generated by grsync are...?Quote:
Originally Posted by talsemgeest
No idea what this means, sorry, My PC isnt on all the time though so I'm guessing it does apply to me. Can someone elaborate?Quote:
Originally Posted by Paqman
Since I don't have grsync, I don't know if it has any special features. However, here is a good page to help with backing up with rsync: http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise...ert-with-rsyncQuote:
Originally Posted by aquascrotum
Ok I found out what commands grsync has generated...one being
"rsync -r -t -v --progress --delete --ignore-existing /home/kyle/ /media/Buffalo Media/Home Backup/"
Can anyone advise how I make this into a script, and how to setup anacrontab to run it once a month given irregular PC usage?
Cheers