Remote backup solution for openSuSE

Question

I'm looking for some backup solution. My request is pretty simple:

• Source - FTP credentials (ftp://user:pass@server.tld/dir1/dir2)
• Destination on local HDD (/var/backup/server-tld)
• Possibility of packing to archive (tar.gz/zip)
• Plan this "script" as a cron job with defined period (e.g. once a day)

I know, that all this can be done using bash scripts, but it seems to be a little bit uncomfortable.

I don't believe there's no simple solution for this.

Answer 1

I've finally found a really "simple-to-use" solution:

ncftp

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-download-all-file-from-ftp-server-recursively.html