using ssh on wotan by Thomas Krichel

Make sure rsync is on the server

This has to be done once only.
root@server:~# aptitude -y install rsync
Install backup software
This has to be done once only. Login to wotan
user_name@wotan:~$ mkdir bin
user_name@wotan:~$ GET http://dlib.info/home/krichel/courses/lis508/scripts/backup > bin/backup
user_name@wotan:~$ GET http://dlib.info/home/krichel/courses/lis508/scripts/backup_without_delete > bin/backup_without_delete
user_name@wotan:~$ chmod 755 bin/backup
user_name@wotan:~$ chmod 755 bin/backup_without_delete

Backup

Do this often.
user_name@wotan:~$ bin/backup server