thank you for mentioning bup. That's a great option I am considering. On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 5:52 AM, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> > I would like a backup tool that does not bring a million dependencies > with > > MBs of files. Something that works on server without X Windows and can > > send backup to an externally attached USB drive. Nothing fancy. No > > network infrastructure. Incremental backups would be greatly > appreciated. > > Ability to pipe to a compression program is a plus, just like I did with > > dump. > > I used to use rsync for that kind of job, but nowadays I tend to prefer > `bup` because it handles incrementals really well (especially in terms > of compression). It's in Debian stable or you can find it at > https://github.com/bup/bup. > > > Stefan > > > PS: Of course, you'll still want to take a snapshot (e.g. with LVM) and > back that up rather than the live filesystem. > >
