[Lynne]

I've never looked into backing them up incrementally. As I mentioned, ours is just 3.5 GB right now and so I haven't looked into it yet. The script I use is a modification of something I found online somewhere. I would love to find some way to do it better than how I do it. But, here's my basic script:

PHP Code:

<?php

/*======================================================================*\
|| #################################################################### ||
|| # Cron Job to backup all avatars, attachments, and torrents            ||
|| # Last Modified: February 26, 2006                                   ||
|| #################################################################### ||
\*======================================================================*/ 

        $backupdate = date("Y-m-d");

        $backupdir1 = "/my/path/to/torrents/";
        //Where are the files located?
        //ie.  "/home/sitename/public_html/tracker/torrents/";

        $files = "*";
        //What file to backup? Use a * to backup all the files
        //inside the folder entered above.

        $backupto = "/my/path/to/backups/";
        //Where to store the tarball?
        //Make sure to put this outside your main folder
        //ie. "/home/sitename/backups/

        $fileprefix1 = "torrents";
        //This is the prefix that will be added before the date:
        //bak20060225.tgz

        $tararg = "-cf";
        //Here goes the tar arguments.
        // -cf to archive
        // -cjf to archive and bzip2
        // -tf to list the contents later on
        // -xf to extract them all later on

//Call the function
backupsus();

function backupsus() {
global $backupdate,$backupdir1,$backupto,
$fileprefix1,$tararg,$files;
$backupattach = "cd $backupdir1;
    tar $tararg {$fileprefix1}{$backupdate}.tar $files;
    mv {$fileprefix1}{$backupdate}.tar $backupto";
    passthru ("$backupattach");
}

?>