Re: BackUp with "inverse" increments

2021-10-07 Thread Dan Stromberg via rsync
rsync --link-dest is fast and simple, good stuff. I recommend using it with some sort of wrapper script for rotations, like Backup.rsync: https://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~strombrg/Backup.remote.html On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 7:29 AM Kevin Korb via rsync wrote: > See --link-dest. That is what

Re: BackUp with "inverse" increments

2021-10-06 Thread Kevin Korb via rsync
See --link-dest. That is what makes rsync shine for backups. On 10/6/21 10:09 AM, Helmut Jarausch via rsync wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to mirror my root file system (e.g.) to a different disk. The > mirror should always be most recent. > In addition, I'd like to be able to restore my file system

BackUp with "inverse" increments

2021-10-06 Thread Helmut Jarausch via rsync
Hi, I'd like to mirror my root file system (e.g.) to a different disk. The mirror should always be most recent. In addition, I'd like to be able to restore my file system to the state of one or more backups before without storing full size snapshots. The --backup-dir option does most of