On 5/26/24 14:08, nisp1953 via Dng wrote:
> On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 9:26 AM Antony Stone
> <Antony.Stone@???> wrote:
>> On Saturday 25 May 2024 at 20:07:55, nisp1953 via Dng wrote:
>>
>>> I need advice on ways to backup my /home user account. I have been using tar
>>> but I am hoping the list can advise me of a better backup method or Debian
>>> (Devuan) package that I can use.
>>> I'd prefer something that does incremental backups.
>> My first question is "what / where can you, or do you want to, backup this data
>> to?"
> I should have mentioned that. I back them up to external USB hard
> drives. I have 2 hard
> drives. I keep one in a safety deposit box at the bank. I backup to
> the other one all
> throughout the week. The following Monday, I swap hard drives.
>> Also, what is your reason for preferring incremental backups?
> I have used dump and restore a lot and it did incremental backups. I
> see there is a package in
> the Devuan repository for dump but it has not been maintained for a long time..


I use cronopete (like BackInTime) for my home directory with an external
drive in

case of an accidental deletion.


I still use dump for for my weekly fulls with an LTO drive.


Regards,

Ken