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CLI for Noobies: A Primer on the Linux Command Line
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CLI for Noobies: A Primer on the Linux Command Line

by Joe Barr
July 2007
Beginner
347 pages
4h 40m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 43. A Little Mirdir, My Dear?

Mirdir provides a quick and easy way to make an ad hoc backup of important data. With it you can copy a file or directories to your keydisk, or save redundant copies of data you can’t afford to lose. It tries to do only one thing, and do it well: mirror a directory.

Mirdir is licensed under the GPL. You can download your choice of an executable RPM, source RPM, or a source tarball from the URL below.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles
.php?group_id=128580&package_id=146026

To install it on my SUSE desktop box, I chose the ...

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