Comment on PSA: Don't use nextcloud's auto upload on the android app as a backup
hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
i just have a simple shell script that uses rsync to upload my files to a server and have a termux shortcut on the homescreen, i just press it once in a few days
I do something similar using only rsync. I’ve had nothing but headaches whenever I used automated file syncing programs. The bare bones aspect of just using rsync has made it a much more consistent experience.
I found using automated file syncing programs have too much complexity under the hood that just seems to lead to more time troubleshooting issues.
Do you have any need to backup things on a mobile phone? What do you use if so? I’m trying to make everything simpler and I already use rsync on my desktop.
There’s a few things I backup from my phone.
I have an Android phone so I use Termux as a terminal emulator. I use ssh and passwordless keys to make transfers simpler and quicker.
Although this is closer to a backup process and not like SyncThing where it’s syncing a folder between two devices. I don’t believe rsync is capable of acting like SyncThing but I’m tempted to dig into rsync more and see if I can put something basic together one day.
mmmac@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Hoping you hit it with Borg backup before uploading anywhere!
hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
this is my first time hearing about borg, is there anything it does that can improve my current setup? from a quick look it seems like it creates its own backup file while rsync works with raw directory structure.
mmmac@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
I mainly use it to deduplicate, and for version history. Rsync - >Borg - > rclone to backblaze b2 bucket