From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Out-of-control backups! Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:41:40 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87wqafnreh.fsf@skimble.plus.com> <4a9b74f4-a4c5-40fc-93a7-071a2f86eb18@googlegroups.com> <87ppfwfmjj.fsf@debian.uxu> <87d2bv1y2k.fsf@thinkpad-t440p.tsdh.org> <87vbpnyz4t.fsf@thinkpad-t440p.tsdh.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1408552951 12207 80.91.229.3 (20 Aug 2014 16:42:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 16:42:31 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 20 18:42:24 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XK8xp-00007F-TI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:42:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56656 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XK8xp-0006N4-Hb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:42:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44359) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XK8xX-0006My-VH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:42:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XK8xQ-000118-Fi for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:42:03 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:47395) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XK8xQ-000112-97 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:41:56 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XK8xN-0008ID-Jq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:41:53 +0200 Original-Received: from 192-171-34-171.cpe.pppoe.ca ([192.171.34.171]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:41:53 +0200 Original-Received: from monnier by 192-171-34-171.cpe.pppoe.ca with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:41:53 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 192-171-34-171.cpe.pppoe.ca User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:2UqxrBqMRU8PSSTo6nEFtMPglpk= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:99320 Archived-At: > No, back then when I did make backups I automated that using a cron job > that checked if my external HDD was connected, and if so, do an > incremental backup. But that didn't work too well for two reasons. 1) > I simply didn't get to my external HDD too often, and 2) I accidentally > backed up large new files that weren't covered by my black/whitelists > and globs. Then I either could just wait for the file copy to finish, > or abort the backup, edit my blacklist and backup again. I have a daily cronjob that backs up to my home server. No need to physically connect a drive: as long as I'm connected to my home network, the backup can take place. Plus, I can access my backup any time remotely ;-) Stefan