[oclug]scp to backup?

[Brad Barnett]

On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 09:17:29 -0500
"Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier at storm.ca> wrote:

> On 06/11/02 Milan Budimirovic did speaketh:
> 
> > Or tar. Just use the "--rsh-command=/usr/bin/ssh" option.
> 
>     Hmm. The syntax to tar for incremental backups looks mildly
>     complicated.
> Perhaps an example is in order. 
> 
>     Mike

Check this out, from the backup howto.

http://www.biochemistry.unimelb.edu.au/pscotney/backup/Backup-HOWTO-3.html

In this example, you can see a script creating a file with the current
date in it, to be used as a reference for future backups.  You can also
see the tar arguments used to do an incremental backup, based on that
date.