Hi,

I currently use a program called copywhiz on windows that backs up any files or directories created after a certain date to a usb hard drive and runs once a day.

I want to transition fully to Linux. Is there any easy to use software that works on Linux that can do this?

P.S. I have tried creating a bash script to do this but for some reason it has trouble with the date part. So a software solution would be prefered.

  • Shelldor@lemmy.mlOP
    4·
    1 year ago

    UPDATE: The specific date thing is because every 6 months i backup my nas to LTO tape so this backup is anything that isn’t currently on tape just in case the NAS dies between backups.

  • Minty95@lemm.ee
    3·
    1 year ago

    Use timeshift, install it, just chose where you want the backups to be installed, preferably a second HD or SD Flash. Chose when like once a day, week at start up for instance and forget it. Then if you screw up your Linux, just start in console mode, timeshift --restore and five mins later your up and running.

    If you want just your data to be copied, then Cron

    Both are standard Linux programs, often already installed depending on what Linux you have

  • Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’m pretty sure there are lots of options that work great. I personally just use rsync-but I know the command line is scary for a lot of people making the transition. There are lots of options like timeshift that basically put a gui wrapper around rsync. I’ve seen a lot of love for borg as well - maybe try one of those two.

    I feel backups are personal and it’s hard to get a “just do this instruction”. You’ll probably have to pick a product, and then do some homework to see if it can do what you want. This is further complicated by the distro you use - or more specifically if your distro uses btrfs. Some people use a backup as a sort of snapshot, and btrfs is more full featured than ext in that regard.

    Good luck!

  • fxt_ryknow@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    I use Syncthing to do a similar thing. I jus have Syncthing pointed to nfs mount to my Nas. Any files synced to the folder via Syncthing just end up on my Nas.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      1 year ago

      Don’t consider this a backup. Yes, it could help you survive some failures, but if you simply delete a file by accident on your computer, it’ll get deleted from your NAS as well.

      • axzxc1236@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        Syncthing has built-in file history function, it’s not enabled by default but it’s easy to configure.

  • BoofStroke@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I use Borg to my nas, then rclone that to rsync.net. With Borg if you need the remote copy, you can interact with it directly.

    You can, of course, Borg directly to rsync.net. You can also use rsync instead and let their ZFS snapshots do retention for you.

  • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    I use a service called iCloud which has both cloud storage and local backup support built into it. Not free or open source but no cloud platform fully is. It’s also really cheap for students.