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I have a samba share to a windows 7 computer I do not know if I will be able to use backintime or not so I want to know how ...
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    backup using rsync

    I have a samba share to a windows 7 computer I do not know if I will be able to use backintime or not so I want to know how to have rsync do my backup.

    I read the man but I'm not sure if I understand the it.

    on same computer different hard drive to run every hour in a script. Leanne is windows 7 share and backup is the other hard drive in the computer
    rsync -arvRzEP /media/leanne /media/backup

    run mounthly
    rsync -arvRzEPe ssh /media/backup pete@1.2.3.4:/home/backupmonthly

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    If the drives are mounted the rsync command would be something like

    Code:
    rsync -arvRzP /media/backup -e "ssh" pete@1.2.3.4:/home/backupmonthly

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