---
name: "gm-move_backups_offsite"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnumed-server"
version: "22.31-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gm-move_backups_offsite"
---

# gm-move\_backups\_offsite(8)

move GNUmed backups to elsewhere

## NAME

**gm-move\_backups\_offsite** - move GNUmed backups to elsewhere

## SYNOPSIS

**gm-move\_backups\_offsite**

## DESCRIPTION

The **gm-move\_backups\_offsite** script can be used to move backups to another host, IOW storing them "offsite" in the loosest sense of the word.

## EXAMPLE

Imagine the following situation:

1\) a laptop running client and database which is\
    taken to the office, to patients, etc

2\) a desktop at home with some spare storage

3\) the laptop is occasionally connected to the home\
    network and thus has access to the desktop machine

Given appropriate configuration of **gm-move\_backups\_offsite** one could add the following two lines to the cron script on the laptop to make sure database backups are replicated to the desktop whenever the laptop has access to it:

@reboot         /usr/bin/gm-move\_backups\_offsite.sh

5 0-23 \* \* \*    /usr/bin/gm-move\_backups\_offsite.sh

## SEE ALSO

**/etc/gnumed/gnumed-backup.conf**

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Karsten Hilbert, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).