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|    Tony Langdon to mark lewis    |
|    Re: Backup    |
|    11 Jun 20 20:45:00    |
      TZUTC: 1000       MSGID: 73.fido-linuxuse@3:633/410 23474c5d       REPLY: 62.fido-linuxuse@1:3634/12 23461724       PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Linux Nov 3 2019 GCC 4.6.3       TID: SBBSecho 3.10-Linux r3.146 Nov 3 2019 GCC 4.6.3       CHRS: ASCII 1       -=> On 06-10-20 09:32, mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-               ml> powershell should be able to return a timestamp for use in naming        ml> files, too...              I haven't done much with Powershell, but I wouldn't be surprised if it can name       files by date.               ml> what you describe for linux is a method i use, too... once i create the        ml> archive, i scp it to another machine or three... at least one is        ml> offsite...              Yep, I try and have it as hands off as possible. :)               ml> interestingly enough, archiving and then backing up to a media is how        ml> many winwhatever backup solutions work... or they do an rsync-type        ml> backup where they move only the new and/or changed files... the        ml> question is how automated do you want it and how much work are you        ml> willing to do to achieve this operation ;)              Yep. I've found standard Linus tools like tar, gzip and rsync are easier for       me, because they're portable.                            ... Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?       === MultiMail/Win v0.51       --- SBBSecho 3.10-Linux        * Origin: Freeway BBS Bendigo,Australia freeway.apana.org.au (3:633/410)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 103/705 120/340 601 123/131 203/0 221/0 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 702 229/424 426 616 664 1014 240/5832 5853 249/206       SEEN-BY: 249/317 400 261/38 280/464 5003 288/100 292/854 8125 310/31       SEEN-BY: 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 423/120 633/0 267 280       SEEN-BY: 633/281 410 412 416 712/848 770/1 2452/250 2454/119       PATH: 633/410 280 712/848 280/464 240/5832 229/426           |
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