backup apps

[Charles Jones]

Robert Holtzman wrote:
> I'm looking for backup software that doesn't back up the empty space on 
> the drive. Also, I would like it to be able to make incremental backups.
> Dump (dd) seems to back up everything, empty or not. Not what I'm looking 
> for. I looked at tar but am unsure about the incremental use. I've tried 
> Clonezilla but it's giving me problems which the guys on the 
> Clonezilla-users list are trying to work out. Can anyone suggest anything
> else?
>
> This is for use on a single desktop box with an external HD for backup. 
> CLI is preferred but GUI is O.K.
>
> Thanks.
>   
Take a look at rsnapshot, http://www.rsnapshot.org/