On Saturday, June 28, 2025 8:50:09 AM CDT j...@bitminer.ca wrote: > >> No, but your backup system should give you the ability to recover > >> historic versions of files. Maybe not with the granularity you would > >> like. > > > > that's true. daily would be granular enough, though more often would > > be nice. > > If you want daily history, irrespective of how many changes were > made that day, then make hard links (-l) to a date-coded directory > using pax in copy mode (-r -w). In this case, your filesystem will > never get smaller even after "deleting" files. > > Additional, smarter options are possible with pax, and cron, or both. > > J
I have pax called from cron every day of the week on the home lab. I hadn't caught on to the utility of the "-l" (little "ell") option before. You learn something every day.
