It might take 5-10 minutes to transfer your /home the first time out, longer if you have a lot of large files such as audio or movie files. The exact time will depend upon the amount of data you are copying and the speed of your computer. The first time you run the sync it may take a while as it has to transfer all your data. Seventh, when you are satisfied all the correct files are being either deleted or copied, click on Execute. Select Delete on Destination to ensure that you don't end up with any old files in your backup that don't exist in your home directory. This way, if you need to reinstate from the backup, you won't get into any ownership problems. It's probably a good idea to select Preserve Owner, Groups and Permissions.
Double-click it, then double-click on your backup folder before choosing Open.įourth, it's time to change the basic options.
Your removable drive should have appeared as a link on the left hand side of the file dialog for easy access. Just click on Open to select it.Ĭlick on Browse next to the destination box. This should take you straight to your home directory. The bottom box is the destination - where you want your files backed up to.Ĭlick on Browse next to the source box. The top box is the source - this is where your files currently are. There are 2 blank boxes in the middle of the Grsync window. You now need to add your source and destination directories. Type something like “Home Backup” and then click OK. This is just so that once configured, you can quickly run the same backup routine by choosing the session. When you launch Grsync you will see this screen:Ĭlick on Add in the Sessions section, and enter a session name. Third, now it's time to create a backup session. Use the panel icon to go back to Grsync once your media is mounted. As an example, home.backup is the directory name I use. It is a good idea to create a new directory on your removable disk to store the backup files. When PCLOS detects the drive, click on Open in New Window to mount the drive. Second, if you want to backup to a removable medium such as a USB flash drive or external USB drive, insert it now. To do so, right-click the icon in the k-menu and then choose Add Item to Desktop. It might be a good idea to create a desktop icon for easy access. Once installed, you will see the application under "KMenu -> Archiving -> Backup".
Grsync exclude directory install#
kde folder containing your desktop settings and settings from KDE applications such as kmail.įirst, you need to install Grsync from Synaptic. thunderbird folder containing your e-mails, and a. mozilla folder containing your Firefox bookmarks and extensions, a. Depending upon which applications you are using, you might see a. To view them, open your /home directory or partition in Konqueror and click on "View -> Show hidden files". Your /home directory is where all your e-mails and bookmarks are stored in hidden folders. This short tutorial will show you how you can use Grsync to back up your /home directory to either another hard drive, partition or removable drive. In fact rsync scripts are used by Texstar for synchronising the repositories as new applications are added. Rsync has many powerful applications, not least for synchronizing data to web servers. Grysnc is a GUI-front-end for the command line application rsync. There have been a lot of threads on the main forum from users asking for advice on backup and I have found Grsync to be the simplest and quickest method around. This article is a simple tutorial on using Grsync as a backup utility. PCLinuxOS Magazine, August 2007 Updated by Paul Arnote (parnote) A Simple Backup Method Using Grsync Original article by Iain Jackson (iainrj)
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