On 12/12/2014 01:03, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > Hi folks, > > Some context here: I'm writing a small book about Tarsnap, and am > trying to recommend things that are both best practice and that people > are actually doing out in the real world. Colin has kindly offered me > the contents of his brain, but he has a different perspective on > Tarsnap than the users do. > > An Internet search for "tarsnap backup rotation scripts" brings up a > lot of stuff. The problem with the Internet, of course, is that the > mere presence of such a script doesn't mean that it's well-supported, > works outside the author's environemnt, or that third parties are > actually using it. > > So: what are you folks using to rotate your backups? Would you > recommend it to other people? > > Any insight appreciated! > > Thanks, > ==ml > > PS: Book details, such as they are, at > http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/2257 > I wrote my own wrapper script, which was more about backing up from a ZFS snapshot that doing backup rotation, but it does have a pretty basic 30-day rolling backup schedule. http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/articles/hotchpotch/#backupsnap-zfs.sh Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk
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