From: Russell Adams <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: org back up
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:05:58 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121017200558.GD4058@cardamom.adamsinfoserv.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pq4gx5no.fsf@Rainer.invalid>
I second using a VCS instead. I have my Org files in a Bazaar repo,
and a cron job setup to commit hourly if changes occur.
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 09:25:15PM +0200, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Sanjib Sikder writes:
> > I wanted to set a cron job for backing up all my org files as
> > suggested by Suvayu Ali.
>
> Please don't. If you consider this a viable backup strategy, you might
> just as well have no backup at all. You should use a VCS like Git to be
> able to revert to an earlier version of your files. If necessary, make
> Org a sub-project (that's specific to Git of course) so that not only
> your files but also Org will move back in time when you request that.
> Defending against loss of data is only really possible if you copy them
> to a different medium in a different location. Again, Git would help
> you do that by allowing you to use a remote repository on some server
> you can access.
>
>
> Regards,
> Achim.
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-17 18:25 org back up Sanjib Sikder
2012-10-17 18:41 ` Teemu Likonen
2012-10-17 19:02 ` Sanjib Sikder
2012-10-17 19:08 ` Teemu Likonen
2012-10-17 19:26 ` Sanjib Sikder
2012-10-17 19:41 ` Teemu Likonen
2012-10-17 19:36 ` Nick Dokos
2012-10-17 19:38 ` Sanjib Sikder
2012-10-18 0:14 ` Suvayu Ali
2012-10-17 19:25 ` Achim Gratz
2012-10-17 20:05 ` Russell Adams [this message]
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