[UPHPU] backup script

[Jonathan Duncan]

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006, Caleb Call wrote:

> On Aug 10, 2006, at 5:25 PM, Wade Preston Shearer wrote:
> 
>>> That works for a drive connected directly to the box, but I don't have that 
>>> luxury.  I'm looking to email this directly to an email account on the box, 
>>> that I'll POP onto my laptop.  That way, I get a backup every hour, that's 
>>> off the box, but still secure, and I don't even have to think about.  I can 
>>> even create a Firebird filter that'll mark it read and throw it into a 
>>> folder.
>> 
>> Email is still such an ugly way to do it. Why not use SSH and SCP to have 
>> the script copy the files straight to the other computer?
>> 
>> 
> I was gonna say the same thing, or even rsync if it doesn't need to be 
> encrypted.
> 
>

rsync does encryption:  rsync -e ssh

email is for text messages.

Jonathan