Here’s an excellent article on automating backups on Linux systems. I use many of these same scripts to archive data to my backup server, nightly. If you haven’t already started using automated backups, I strongly urge you to do so. Remember if it’s not backed up, it must not be important. — Neil
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Summary: Discover the most common errors in UNIX® and Linux®—and how to avoid them.
Have you ever wondered why you get the errors Execute permission denied or The parameter list is too long? These are just a few of the common errors UNIX and Linux novices receive that they may not know how to avoid. [...]