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   Message 29,702 of 30,566   
   Alan K. to Felix   
   Re: Best Backup tool for Home Directory   
   16 Nov 25 08:17:35   
   
   From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 11/15/25 7:23 PM, Felix wrote:   
   >   
   > I have all my personal files in folders in the Home directory in the LM   
   > folders ie. Documents, Pictures, etc., and also in folders I've created.   
   > I want to backup everything in the Home Directory, and I've started   
   > using DejaDup. I have configured it to use an internal drive I use for   
   > Timeshift Snapshots, but auto backups fail. I get a message 'access   
   > denied', so I have to do manual backups. Could this be because the   
   > Timeshift drive is not mounted? What would be the best solution? Should   
   > I use some other program, if so which is the best and does auto backups?   
   > I only want to use GUI apps, I don't want to have to use the terminal.   
   > Thanks,   
   >   
   I use the 'backup tool' that is default in 222.   
   Of course it's manual.   
   But you could make a script that mounts the drive, runs the backup and then   
   umount the   
   drive.  Just run it in cron.    Doing the mount/umount isn't necessary if it   
   can be left   
   on.   I do because mine is a USB drive.   
      
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