Simple Backup problems

[Edgars Šmits]

I'm running Jaunty and have a windows share of 6.7GB auto mounting to
a directory in my home partition. I need to back this directory up on
a weekly basis to another partition on my Ubuntu box. I need a simple
solution, and it looks like Simple Backup can do it - ran it last
night and it backed it up fine, however it didn't put the backup where
I wanted it, but in it's standard default location (/var/backup),
which just about wiped out my root directory...

I checked my settings, I had done it correctly, but seem to remember a
similar problem when I last used the software a year ago. When I
copied the resulting backup set to where I wanted it and the ran the
recover tool to see if it was usable it doesn't recognise the set.

Unfortunately Simple Backup doesn't have a lot of documentation on the web.

1) is anyone using it for what I need - to back up a locally mounted drive?
2) is there another alternative, equally simple, that can be
recommended? I tried backuppc, but it' s too complicated - I need
something simple that I can set up and turn over to another user who
isn't a tech person - I won't be in this office most days.

Thanks

ED

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