Linux System Backup

Source: Internet
Author: User
Tags gnucash
710 is required. Back up the data first.

Original
Http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT2280165098.html

Http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/index.html

To sum up

File to be backed up:

  • Personal Documents: generally stored on the desktop, and under the Home Directory
    • Table 1
      Documents or programs Directory Description
      Document ~/Documents, ~/My Documents, ~/Desktop, ~/, others It is generally a personal document.
      Programs and scripts ~/bin In my habits, some users have some script programs or program links in this directory.
      Kmail(Email) ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail Program settings
      Evolution(Email, contacts, addresses, calendar, to-do) ~/.evolution
      Thunderbird(Email) ~/.thunderbird
      Gnucash(Financial)
      Any
      The setting directories of these two programs are specified by the user.
      Kmymoney(Financial)
      Korganizer
      (Calendar/To-Do)
      ~/.kde/share/apps/korganizer Program settings
      Sunbird(Calendar/To-Do) ~/.mozilla/sunbird
      Kaddressbook(Contacts) ~/.kde/share/apps/kabc Program settings
      Knotes(Sticky notes) ~/.kde/share/apps/knotes Program settings

  • Software settings: such as Firefox and Thunderbird. A list
    • Table 2
      .bashrc, .bash_profile (if you've customized them) .eclipse .emacs .fonts.conf
      .gaim .gconf .gconfd .gimp*
      .gnome .gnome2 .gnucash .gnupg
      .gtk-bookmarks .kde .local .lpoptions
      .mozilla (has settings for Mozilla, Firefox, and Sunbird) .mplayer .ooo*, .OpenOffice*, .openoffice*, or OpenOffice* .profile (if you've customized it)
      .realplayerrc .spamassassin .ssh .viminfo
      .Xauthority .xemacs .xine .xinitrc
      .Xmodmap
  • System settings
    • /Etc directory. for the data to be backed up, select the file to be backed up.
    • /Var, no
    • /Boot, with grup startup settings
  • For software already installed, I usually make a log, which software is installed and installed again?

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