Re: Need Idea to make Backup

haliphax wrote:

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk>wrote:

On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 12:32 +0100, Jens Geier wrote:

"Ashley Sheridan" <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1263463572.5952.71.camel@localhost...

On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 10:12 +0100, Jens Geier wrote:

"Ashley Sheridan" <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1263391167.5952.62.camel@localhost...

On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 14:57 +0100, Jens Geier wrote:

Hello Ashley, yes rsync is a good idea, but does this also work if there is only

a

internet conection to may SERVER ? Kind Regards Jens Geier "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> schrieb im

Newsbeitrag

news:1263377397.5952.60.camel@localhost...

On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 10:53 +0100, Jens Geier wrote:

Hello, my idea is to make a backup of some paths of my laptop via PHP. I like to use a MySQL Datebase to trace which file was uploaded from which path and so on. Also it should be uses to look up it is nessasery to backup this file because it was changed since last time or not. All this files should be uploaded to the SERVER in a special

folder

where this files run to a tape backup machine. I hope some one can give me some ideas for this. Kind Regards Jens Geier

There's a few ways to go about doing this, but I reckon you

should

do something similar to the following:

     * schedule a cron job to run as often as you want the backup

to

be

       done, and have the cron call a script
     * the script can either be php and use your own code to

create

       copies of files and check file dates for backup purposes,

or

use

       the rsync tool which pretty much does all of this for you
       automatically
     * update a database as you need. this can be done either

from a

       php script or directly via mysql on the console

If you do use PHP for this, you'll want to code it as a CLI

script

rather than a web page script. On the whole it won't make much of

a

difference, but obviously some global variables will change a

bit.

Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk

I don't understand what you mean? Ps, please try not to top-post. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk

Hello Ashley, i try to make a backup from some paths of my local laptop harddrive to

a

folder on my server. Even if i'm not in the company. If i'm outside (this time i'm in China) i have to copy it through the Internet that is using http or ftp transport protocol. The start of the copy is when the user clicks to a buttom and start

the

backup process. Kind Regards Jens Geier

The script needs to be set up on your local machine. I don't think HTTP will help you much here, as that isn't great for transferring files upstream I've found. Googling 'rsync ftp example' brings about over 230,000 results, have you actually tried looking? Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk

No, i have not. Because i also think that there will not a finish software. So i think i have to write something by my own. That is the reason i ask for ideas to do so. I just read here the following thread: [PHP] Read directory; store filenames found in mySQL table? That is something that is running in that direction in try to go. Kind Regards Jens Geier

But I've told you that the best tool to do it is rsync. This is a tool, not a whole large peice of software with a GUI, etc. You use it in conjunction with other software to achieve what you need. Have you even looked up at what rsync is? Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk

I recently used rsync (for the first time, even) in order to transfer an entire directory structure of several thousand files and folders from one VPS host to another. It worked like a dream, and the standard output could be captured to build a report such as the OP was asking for. Srsly, man -- take Ashley's suggestion and at least check it out. :)

I've been using rsnapshot (it uses rsync) to do backups of remote server directories:

     http://rsnapshot.org/

Just thought I'd throw it out there :) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP