From: James Finstrom > Matt Graham 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! -- Matt G / Dances With Crows The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss