Re: [9fans] OT: how do 9fans backup their Mac(book)?

Just curious what 9fans use, for home and/or work, to backup their macs.


I use venti. On servers, I use /n/sources/contrib/anothy/bin/rc/vacbak from cron
and have the system submit the score to my plan9 server. I tried using vbackup
first, but there's a huge volume of stuff on these systems I don't need to have
backups of (and couldn't figure out how to access the results from plan9). vacme
should be suitable for any unix host with p9p installed (with path changes for
your local setup).

At home I have a similar script that's a bit more OS X specific that operates
similarly. I use it periodically, but (as with any on-demand backup system) never
as often as I ought.

When non-plan9 people ask me this question I tell them to get an external
disk and use Time Machine.


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