[thelist] Mirror - cron job

[Phil Turmel]

Hassan Schroeder wrote:
> Dan CRACIUN wrote:
> 
>>One of the non-profits sites I did (http://www.cruce.ro/) managed to get 
>>a free mirror site. I allready transfered the site but now I have the 
>>problem of syncronizing the two.
> 
>>...Other options?
> 
> 
> Made for this situation: rsync -- <http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/>
> 

I recommend rdiff-backup in a cron job...

http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/

The wiki has information on installing this in a non-priviledged account 
on your mirror, if you need to.  There's also a cron configuration 
sample case.

Since it runs through SSH, there's no special firewall rules or network 
configuration changes.

Phil