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So, I now have a cron job which backs up [livejournal.com profile] trishpiglet's and my LJ twice a week.

Just one thought: all these backup tools produce different file formats don't they?

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Date: 2009-01-06 08:49 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] ms-katonic.livejournal.com
Pretty much, yes. LJ Archive saves them in .lja format, which I think is unique to that program.

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Date: 2009-01-06 08:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drdoug.livejournal.com
And I've not seen a plethora of tools to upload the files so produced to something (or indeed anything) else.

I wouldn't describe that as a backup. It's a copy, perhaps, or an offline archive-with-potential (if you're a hacker).

And more fundamentally, they're solving the wrong problem. If LJ died tonight, access to my old posts would not be the thing I'd miss most.

Which isn't to say it's not worth doing. Though I do worry that the increased server load of everyone running backups is not a winning combo with sharply depleted (and deeply demoralised) tech staff.

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Date: 2009-01-06 10:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alethia-juturna.livejournal.com
You rock.. ;-) and i agree - all in different formats, and what i'd miss most is the connection.. *hugs* Dinner sometime? I may be crawling out of my hole!

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