===== Backing Up On OSX/Linux =====
This pages describes a number of policies I use for backing up files on a number of Mac OSX and Linux systems I use. All files are backed up to another machine that has itself got robust backing up facilities (i.e., periodic offsite and physical backups). I have an account on that machine and a home directory under ''/home/lorcan''. (Remember, for Mac OSX the home directory would be ''/Users/lorcan'')

===== Suggested Technology =====
  * [[http://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html|Rsync]] - a fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool.
  * [[http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/docs.html|Unison file synchroniser]] - An open source file synchronisation facility.
  * [[|Subclipse Eclipse plugin]] - I use Eclipse for all my coding, Latex writing, etc. The Subclipse plugin provides subversion facilities.

===== Snapshotting your Home Directory =====
There's a document here showing how to snapshot your homedirectory automatically to a local backup directory. This behaves somewhat like Apple's Time Machine.
  * [[public:snapshotting|Snapshotting your Home Directory(s) with rsync]]


===== Using Unison to Synchronise Your Workspace =====
This document describes how to synchronise multiple workspaces (in this case, much of a user's home directory) to a single server running unison. If each client is synchronised to the server then they are effectively synchronised to each other.
  * [[public:unison|Synchronising with Unison]]

===== Using svnadmin and rsync to Backup an SVN Repository to a Remote Server =====
This document describes how to backup an SVN repository to a remote server using rsync. 
  * [[public:backupsvn|Backing up an SVN Repository]]