How do I backup home directory in Linux. Its my first time to use Linux.

Thanks.

I would look into using rsync.

To backup your home directory, try the following: (replace source and destination with what you have)

A quick google search gave me this:
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/09/...mand-examples/

Good luck

That is a good suggestion.

Alternatively, if you prefer to use the graphic (GUI) version, grsync, then look here:

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grsync.html

Both will work perfectly and quickly.

Hello and welcome.

Backup used to be the work of a program called tar. Tar along with compression can still be used to make a copy of your data generally.

There is almost an unlimited amount of ways to backup so expect a few ideas and ways.

I suppose that 'how' depends on several factors, including, but not limited to:

1) how much data are we talking about (a few word documents, or an entire music/video library/photo album etc..)

2) what kind of data (text compresses better than video/photos/audio which are usually already compressed, so trying to re-compress video/music/audio won't have a significant impact and can sometimes even be LARGER in a compressed archive rather than smaller)

3)on to what medium are we trying to back up the data? blank optical media? an external hard drive/thumb drive? a network volume? a backup service?

4) how often does the data on your home directory change? daily, weekly, monthly?

the simplest imho would be TAR however
than copy that to your desired medium
simplest however isn't necessarily the best, but tar usually works and doesn't require any configuration.

Back in Time is a GUI front end for rsync. Sourcetrunk gave it a good review.

Personally, I use

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