[luau] Reccomendations for backup routine/tools

[Ben Beeson]

 so I was looking for any
> reccomendations anyone have on getting a nice semi-automated backup
> system set up (grandfather, father, child maybe, I definately have
> enough tapes...) that would be able to just have me stick the tape in
> the drive and run a command (I can set some of this up obviously, but
> I'm not really a "backup theory" guy).
>
> So, any suggestions?  I'd like to stick with tar if possible as it
> produces semi-standard archives (yes, I know GNU incremental tars aren't
> standard, but anyway), though I'm open to other progs like cpio if
> anyone's had a really great experience with them.
>
> --MonMotha


I have a backup script that I run when I have important stuff that I need to 
save.  It uses tar, and so far it works OK.  I'm to the point that I need to 
"split" the file system when I do backups because my system won't all fit on 
one tape anymore (I use DDS II), but other than that it works fine and has 
been successfully run from a crontab in the past.  If you'd like it, I'll 
send it to you so you can adapt it to your needs.

Ben