[no subject]

The only caveat is: you need enough local diskspace somewhere to write 
the tar files (which can be gzipped) before they get written to 
removable media.

Mike


Jim Lynch wrote:
> Does anyone know of any backup packages out there for Linux that will 
> write to DVDs?  Sure I could roll my own with a complex script involving 
> growisofs, dvdrecord, find and some filters but I was hoping not to 
> reinvent the wheel.  I envision tossing a DVD RW in the drive once a 
> day/week/? and letting the thing run overnight.  I'm not looking for 
> full system backups, just important data.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim.
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