070. How Do I Make Backups?
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This article is from the Frequently Asked Questions for Linux, the Free/Open Source UNIX-like operating system kernel that runs on many modern computer systems. Maintained by David C. Merrill with numerous contributions by others. (v1.0).
070. How Do I Make Backups?
A: You can back up a directory hierarchy or complete file system to any media using GNU tar or cpio, the standard *nix tools for this purpose. tar seems to be the more commonly used program currently, and includes command line options to make compressed, incremental, and multi-volume backups. Complete information is contained in the documentation, which is in GNU Texinfo format.
A: The free program, Amanda, receives a lot of mentions on Usenet. Its home page is http://www.amanda.org.
A: Several commercial backup utilities also exist. They are often included in commercial distributions.
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