[Linux-disciples] Backup destination directory

[Adam Kessel]

On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 12:52, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> I'm recommending to someone that he use rdiff-backup to
> backup all his client machines to a server machine, which he
> can then offsite-backup to soemwhere else. I'm recommending
> that, for instance, he backup /etc on [machineName] to
> /[directoryName]/[machineName]/etc
> My question is: what should [directoryName] be? Where in the
> Linux hierarchy are backups supposed to go? I've seen a few
> people use /exports for NFS exports, and of course use /mnt
> for NFS imports. Is there some standard place in the
> hierarchy for backups?

There is /var/backups (at least on Debian systems), which contains
automatic backups of important status files (e.g., dpkg).  I don't see
why you couldn't put your backups under that.

But at least as far as I'm aware, there is no wholly canonical place.  I
personally might put them under /root, assuming root is the user with
the rdiff-backup cron job.
-- 
Adam Kessel
http://adam.rosi-kessel.org
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