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submitted 11 months ago by therealbabyshell@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Hi,

I currently use a program called copywhiz on windows that backs up any files or directories created after a certain date to a usb hard drive and runs once a day.

I want to transition fully to Linux. Is there any easy to use software that works on Linux that can do this?

P.S. I have tried creating a bash script to do this but for some reason it has trouble with the date part. So a software solution would be prefered.

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[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 4 points 11 months ago

Pika Backup. It's very easy to use, you select the directories you want to backup and the ones you want to exclude, then your job is over. Every time you ask it to backup it will add the new and changed files to the backup without deleting the old ones. This way the backups only grow with what's changed.

You can also ask Pika to schedule automatic backups, or you can ask for one manually if the USB HDD is not plugged in all the time.

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