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--- backing_up_home_using_rsync [2021/03/16 03:31] – [Basic rsync backup.] hc9
+++ backing_up_home_using_rsync [2022/11/30 13:27] (current) – [Requirements] n3t
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-====== Backing Up $HOME Using rsync ======
+====== Backing Up $HOME ======
 ===== Why should I backup? =====
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 ===== Requirements =====
-What you will need to perform a mirror of your home directory on SDF to another location is a computer with ssh and rsync installed and enough space to store your SDF files. The instructions below are being run on an x86 running Linux, but should be suitable for Mac OS/X and Windows running cygwin. Please read the ssh and rsync documentation on those platforms for any differences.
+What you will need to perform a mirror of your home directory on SDF to another location is a computer with ''ssh'' and ''rsync''/''scp'' installed and enough space to store your SDF files. The instructions below are being run on an x86 running Linux, but should be suitable for Mac OS/X and Windows running cygwin. Please read the ''ssh'', ''rsync''/''scp'' documentation on those platforms for any differences.
 ===== Why rsync? =====
 Rsync will allow you to syncronize your data on SDF to an area on another computer. Using rsync will enable you to copy only new files or files that have changed. This saves bandwidth for both parties and greatly speeds up the operation. Rsync is in current development, open source, and very flexible. It is possible to create a variety of different backups using rsync.
+===== rsync not available? =====
+''rsync'' have to be installed on both local and remote host, for example your own computer and SDF. For members below [[membership_levels#metaarpasustaining_membership_level|ARPA]], ''rsync'' will not be available to them, in this case ''scp'' could be used as an alternative, here's a simple example to be executed on your local machine:
+''scp -r username@sdf.org:/path/to/home /local/backup/dir''
+What does this mean? \\
+  * ''-r'' : Recursively copy entire directories.
+  * ''username'': Your SDF username.
+  * ''/path/to/home'' [[#for_example:|[1]]] : The path to the directory you wish to backup.
+  * ''/local/backup/dir'' : Where you would like the files to be stored locally.
 ===== Basic rsync backup. =====
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 You will be using rsync on a machine to CONNECT TO SDF. What follows is NOT designed to be run from SDF. On the machine you wish to backup your SDF home directory to, issue the following:
-''rsync -avz -e ssh //username//@sdf.lonestar.org:/path/to/home /local/backup/dir''
+''rsync -avz -e ssh //username//@sdf.org:/path/to/home /local/backup/dir''
 What does this mean? \\