yum search packagename

most software can be found through the repositories

locate will work only if you use updatedb before that

also whereis and which commands are OK

basically, most commands are in /sbin and /usr/bin so no need to look for them.

if you don't...

portforward.com

that mainly depends on the email server's setup. a normally setu up MTA will never even process an email that doesn't originate from a valid domain, and is sent from a SMTP server that has no mx...

I don't think you can actually use mget to do incremental backups, but you can
1. http://www.google.ie/search?q=mount+ftp+linux
2. http://www.google.ie/search?q=tar+incremental+backup

the script...

ok
1. ftp can be accessed directly by using the "ftp://username:password@ftp.server.com", so no need to actually manually enter credentials
2. you can use wget to pull files off ftp in an...

the company probably has offices everywhere, and it is pretty famous :)

as for the script, can you post the commands you were using to do the manual backup? when I see that, we will be able to see...

nope
I am currently working as an escalation point for system admins at datacentres all over the world, so I don't actually manage systems of my own, just help out when they can't manage on their own

that is why I asked you to show what you have been doing up to now. that way we might try to script that, or see that scripting is impossible, and you need a different solution

as I said, before you start using rsync, maybe whatever you have been using up to now is good enough, or even better. so why not just script those actions, instead of changing the entire routine?

what commands have you used up to now?

I mean with whatever tools you have successfully used up to now

why not just script your actions?

no, not really.
what are you trying to do with rsync?

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Rsync

there was a great full rsync tutorial on linuxquestions.org
look it up there

did you run make install ?

when you register, you should receive a serial number. but if you have a virtualization supporting CPU, you can use XEN, and leave vmware alone