Copy files from Shared folder to SuSE 11 SP3

I am currently running a Buffalo Linkstation with mirror drives to store all of our GroupWise Archives on. This works somewhat OK, a little slow when accessing the archives but I like it since my co-workers archive everything. I currently have a USB drive that is doing backups of the archives once a week but I dont like the fact that the drive stays in the office.

So I would like to copy or link the archive directories to one of my Linux servers that are backed up nightly on tape and removed from the premises.

I am not well versed with Linux - Can this be done?

Sincerely,
Ken

Hi
You could look at using rsync? Is this on the internal network? You
probably want to add some verifications checks as well.


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Yes its all internal to the office. What is rsync?

Sincerely,
Ken

Google: rsync

It’s just about the best file-transfer tool for this type of thing ever.
Super-smart, it transfers what is needed. Have a transfer stall out at
99% of 10 GiB file(s)? It’ll only transfer what did not make it (by
default comparing file size and timestamp, but also supports hash-based
checks for slower checking but higher accuracy). It natively works via
SSH, does not (thanks to that) require a service listening persistently on
the remote side, and is supported by ever *nix out there natively. Good
stuff. Tons of tutorials online, or if you tell us exactly what you need
from where to where, we can probably come up with a quick line for you too.


Good luck.

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Cool I will check it out.

Thanks,
ken