Backup, Sync, and mirror app

Question

On Windows I used Zback for

backing up some directories to a networked drive (i.e, copying all new files from source to target)

Keeping a mirror of some directories on a networked drive (i.e, copying all new files from source to target, and deleting files from target which no longer exist on source)

Syncing my working folder to my flash drive (i.e., overwriting older files on target with newer files from source, and vice versa)

Is there any single app for Ubuntu that can do all this? Preferably something with scripting and GUI support. I really don't want to have to resort to Wine for something so simple. I tried grsync, but this seems lacking in functionality. Do I have to go learn rsync, or is there another alternative?

Sixhobbits

Answer 1

Just use rsync its extremely powerful, very generic and not that hard to use really.

Your backup scenario:

• rsync -avz /home/myfolder/* 192.168.40.1:/remote/backup/myfolder/*

Keeping folders in sync (removing extroneous stuff from destination)

• rsync -avz --delete /home/keepsynced 192.168.40.1:/remote/backup/keepsynced

from folder to usb:

• just like the first one just change ip , to a local path instead. Rsync will overwrite files on the remote end if they exist.

if you want to skip entering a password every time are syncing to your network backup host. Just follow this instruction