Hi,

I currently use a program called copywhiz on windows that backs up any files or directories created after a certain date to a usb hard drive and runs once a day.

I want to transition fully to Linux. Is there any easy to use software that works on Linux that can do this?

P.S. I have tried creating a bash script to do this but for some reason it has trouble with the date part. So a software solution would be prefered.

  • smileyhead
    5·
    11 months ago

    Timeshift is for a system backup, in case your system broke for whatever reason you could get back quickly to your work without rebuilding and reconfiguring it. It’s not ment for backing up user files.

      • smileyhead
        2·
        11 months ago

        You can use it like that, but it’s not a primary focus I think.

        • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
          2·
          11 months ago

          That’s true, sure. I still find it a convenient tool, so I thought OP might find it convenient for this use-case even if that’s not the primary purpose

      • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        It wasn’t designed for that. Use backintime instead, or any number of other backup tools.

      • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Timeshift explicitly omits /home by default. “System” here means the operating system files not all the files on the machine.