Backing Up With Borg

yoda · 2020-05-29 16:04:23

what is the easiest Backup software for BL, with a GUI LOL ?

Is there is no easy answer to that, i'll read about borg and rsync and decide wich I want to use

I simply want to backup my HOME FOLDER Daily. If I do it using a file Manager ( thunar, nemo etc) too many errors get in the way and I can't finalise it.

I don't care about backuping my whole system, but my application config ( .config ) is usefull..

So my Home Folder, without headaches, is what I want to backup.

yoda · 2020-05-29 16:28:26

for now I will be testing this

https://askubuntu.com/questions/545655/ … ss-folders

The exclude list may only contain filenames, foldernames and lines starting with #. A comment behind the foldername is not allowed. I created a Git repository with all known files and folders that are superfluous:

Download this ignorelist to /var/tmp/ignorelist

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rubo7 … cludes.txt -O /var/tmp/ignorelist
Then start the rsync with

rsync -aP --exclude-from=/var/tmp/ignorelist /home/$USER/ /media/$USER/linuxbackup/home/
Note:
In the ignorelist there is a section at the start with folders, that are directories, probably not worth a backup.

TIMESHIFT seems to be very simple and efficient for noobies ?

Last edited by yoda (2020-05-29 18:50:13)

johnraff · 2020-05-30 06:06:48

^Hi Yoda, thanks for publishing that exclude list! It looks very complete, and I might use it to add to my own excludes. Though, instead of just downloading it to a temporary folder you might want to have a look and maybe edit it a bit before using it. There are some commented-out lines you might consider using (ie un-commenting).

I've been using rsync for backups some time now, and like it. I usually back up /etc too (it's not too huge and occasionally there's something useful there).

yoda · 2020-05-30 11:37:02

Glad it can be of any use.

I just installed my new Samsung EVO 860 SSD drive (1 TB), OMG it's very fast ( a lot faster than my Crucial 500 GB drive with similar specs).

I will now I backup 5 days / week + 2 times / week ..Then I will be able to go back 2 week before.

I have been lazy yesterday and used TimeShift.. (using an external western digital 4 TB USB Drive)...

Considering may be using syncthing.net to backup on my son's PC (OffSite)... I am going away from the cloud :-) (installed /e/ on my 1st android phone, I was IOS for always).

What advantages do you see of using rsync through the CLI beside the fun of tweaking it LOL. (TimeShift make it easy for me to use rsync)

Last edited by yoda (2020-05-30 12:33:07)

johnraff · 2020-05-31 02:41:16

^I haven't used other backup tools to be honest, because rsync does what I want. Make a little backup script, and once you've got things set up the way you want, just run it. (I like to run the script in a terminal, just to keep an eye on what's happening.)

Martin · 2020-05-31 07:43:16

Same here but I am a little lazy so I set it up using grsync. I use this both for my private computer and my work computer. In the latter case I will most likely have to change since my employer have changed IT strategy and are working on moving towards using Microsoft OneDrive cloud service for data storage including backups.

/Martin

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