[TriLUG] backups- duplicity

[Scott Lambdin via TriLUG]

Hi -

Did you look in crontabs in /etc/cron.d?

--scott

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 4:24 PM, mr-trilug via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> From Ubuntu 16.04 I've been making backups of /home.
>
>  * each morning at reboot or start from suspend.
>  * adding 1 or more new ...sigtar.gz and/or ...difftar.gz files
>  * the home/.../deja-dup folder keeps growing (87G now).
>  * I have not tried a restore in case it fails and destroys a
>    functioning /home.
>
>     "Locate duplicity" produces yads of responses. I need a filter for it.
>
> I would like to:
>
>  * move the entire deja-dup folder to an external drive before it gets
>    still larger --- to create space for a new start on backing up.
>  * set up a cron file that restarts the backup from zero at least one
>    time per month
>
> But I cannot find an existing cron file, although I think there must been
> one causing the daily activity.
>
> Does someone have cli's to move me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks.
>
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