Build a bash script that controls what, where, and when backups run. Schedule the executable backup.sh with cron and review logs and destination after runs. Test the script, use absolute paths to ...

Linux users are a diverse group because of the wide swath of choices they have at their fingertips. But, whether they choose Ubuntu, Fedora or Debian, or KDE, GNOME or Xfce, they all have one thing in ...

Until recently the extent of my backup efforts was to take the occasional CD copy of my home directory and keep copies of important files somewhere else, usually on another disk partition or a floppy ...

If you need to create an rsync backup over ssh, Jack Wallen walks you through the quick and easy process. Linux has all the tools you need to create a simple, automated network backup. Even better, it ...

I'm using a BASH script to backup some user home directories to another machine. I'd like to keep 5 days worth of backups, and have the script automatically delete anything older than that (I do it by ...

[Matthew’s] recent blog post does a good job explaining the basics of the Raspberry Pi’s file system. The Linux operating system installed on a Pi is generally installed on two different partitions on ...

I hate to admit it, but I’ve screwed up many times throughout the years when it’s come to using computers. My first big “Oh shi!” moment came when I was about 8-years-old, goofing around on my ...

This might be a quickie, or it might be complex, I really don't know.<BR><BR>I'm writing a small script that will take the current directory, tar/gzip it, and scp it ...