What Is Here

This project consists of two scripts:

• dback: for backing up computers using the OSX operating system.
• dbackL: for backing up computers using a Linux operating system.

Why Bother?

There exist similar projects rsnapshot, Back In Time, and more. I wrote these scripts because I wanted the following features:

• Incremental backup using hard linked files (--link-dest feature of rsync).
• Complete logging of the backup operation, to a simple text file.
• No automatic deletion of old backup sets.
• Backup set names derived from date/time (like Apple's Time Machine).
• Dead simple (one script file only).

Getting Started

Copy dback or dbackL somewhere convenient. Assuming the script is in your path, issue the command

$ dback userguide | less

or

$dbackL userguide | less