On Mon, 2015-09-14 at 09:51 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > Hoping not to go too far OT, but what's the advantage over rsync in > > this > > context ? > > > > Because it does versioning. > > See http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ (which is > what rsnapshot is based on)
That site seems to be down (or at least very slow), so you might want to look at http://rsnapshot.org/ for details. Briefly, rsnapshot allows you to set up an incremental snapshotting backup system. As it's based on rsync it can do everything rsync does, including minimizing storage requirements by using hard links on the backup device (except for directories of course, unlike Apple's Time Machine). Thus you can keep a complete snapshot of your backup set on a daily, weekly, monthly etc. basis, with automatic promotion between versions, and each snapshot appears to contain the complete set even though only changed files are physically stored. Restoring from a backup is done by simply copying the files you want from the backup device. poc _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
