The Unix Way (aka. How rsync Saved My Soul).

August 14, 2003, 03:08 pm

I've been wanting a way to securely backup/copy/sync files over the network, but always heard that rsync was insecure to use. Today, I found a tutorial on Using rsync and SSH.

I've been setting up a bunch of cronjobs to dump and compress databases and remotely copy web applications to backup directories. Freakin' awesome.

I'm also going to be backing up all my mail and IM logs. So exciting! It seems like anytime I want to do something, some really smart and talented person has already written an excellent open source application to fulfill my needs. That's the beauty of open source!