Hackosis

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Lets face it, no one likes performing manual backups. Often if monotonous tasks are not automated in some way (which they should be, that is why computers were invented) they will be forgotten and not performed regularly.

By using Linux wget and cron, we can incrementally backup websites and write a log file for each day. This will save time and network traffic.

This post features the same method I use to backup Hackosis on a daily basis.

Next, cd ~ into your home directory, or the location were you will be putting the website backup. create a new text file — touch websitebackup.sh. If you are backing up multiple websites, you may wish to name the file specific to the website you are backing up to avoid confusion.

Now execute chmod u+x websitebackup.sh to give the file execute permissions.

Contents of websitebackup.sh. Replace italics respectively:
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From the site:

RESTORE was developed by Holonyx Ruffdogs and is a free, open source, enterprise network backup and recovery solution for Windows, Novell, Mac OS X (data fork), Unix and Linux systems. RESTORE is scalable to a complete backup solution for multiple workstations, servers, and data centers. It operates over local area networks, wide area networks, and the Internet. Holonyx Ruffdogs is placing RESTORE into the open-source community.

I will be testing this one out and giving a review in the near future.

RESTORE Hompage | RESTORE Download | RESTORE Features dontstealmyrsshackosis

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Open source, cross platform Handbrake enables you to convert your DVDs to MP4, AVI, MKV or OGM . You have the option of using CLI (For advanced users) or the GUI. Decryption supported only for CSS method. Available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.

Current Features:
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NOTE: This may not work on a “hosted site” unless you have shell access.

It’s a hassle and can take a lot of time to backup your web site. Do the following to automate this task for you.

1. For backing up to windows share create the following text file in your home directory and name it “websitebackup.sh”. Put the following in the contents:
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