On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Matt Graham <danceswithcrows@usa.net> wrote:

From: James Finstrom <jfinstrom@rhinoequipment.com>

> Matt Graham <danceswithcrows@usa.net>wrote:

>> I plug a USB2 drive in, mount it on /mnt/backup/ , then use "rsync
>> -a --delete-after /home/mhgraham/ /mnt/backup/" every few days.

> $ du -hs ~
> 118G /home/james
> thumb drive you say :)

250G 2.5" disk with platters in a plastic USB2 enclosure. �I've got about the
same amount of data in my ~ and the 3-4 minute time is roughly how long a sync
took this morning. �Adjust for your needs. �gnucash retains some sort of
exclusive lock on some file in ~, though, so --delete-after doesn't work until
I quit gnucash. �Oh, the huge manatee!

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