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FTP Backup Site minus one directory

I am backing up a site including a huge cache folder use SFTP (FileZilla).I do not really need to backup the wp-cache directory, but do not want to get rid off it either atm. Is there a way to use ...
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Progress at fetching large file over sftp

I would like to get large file over sftp. I execute following commands: kopparberg:dev marek$ sftp -P 678 marek@server marek@server's password: Connected to server. sftp> cd backup sftp> get ...
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duplicity can't find remote backup directory?

Using my private key to do so, this command allows me to connect to /home/backupUser/backup just fine: $ sudo sftp -oPort=7843 backupUser@192.168.x.x:backup However when I run duplicity, I get ...
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Trying to setup chroot'd rsync

I'm trying to set up a backup server. I want to chroot each user (client) to its home directory, and only allow it to use sftp and rsync. I quickly discovered that I was not the only one trying to do ...
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scp/sftp backup script

I'm looking for a simple backup solution. My hoster has provided some backup space on remote server over scp/sftp. They have supplied me a username and a password. The option of auth with a RSA/DSA ...
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help me setup a good security policy

i'm running a site on a shared host while image hosting is done on amazon s3. i've opened a second shared host account for backups. here's my setup : A -> site on shared host, pushes images to B (s3 ...
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How does RSYNC does incremental Backups

How does RSYNC knows which files are chnages and which are not. Does it logs its data anywhere in the file. Because I want to do incrrmental backups but first it will transfer all files. So my main ...
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Removing files on a limit access backup server

I have an account on a backup server but it's full, so I need to clear it. The problem is that It's only accessible via FTP, SFTP and Rsync (no shell) Deleting lots of small files (as in, multiple ...