Hi,
rdiff-backup (rdiff is something different) actually uses the patching/delta
approach of (lib)rsync also locally to store less data.
KR, Eric
On 15 February 2023 19:16:50 GMT+01:00, Robert Nichols
<rnicholsnos...@comcast.net> wrote:
>On 2/15/23 10:35, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
>> I've googled enough to find out that rdiff at least in some circumstances
>> uses
>> rsync to minimize communication bandwidth.
>>
>> My question is this: if rdiff-backup is backing up to a disk (internal or
>> external) on the machine being backed up, does it continue to use rsync?
>
>When working over a network link, rdiff-backup works in a manner _like_ rsync.
>It doesn't actually use the rsync program. When backing up to a local disk, it
>of course accesses the disk directly.
>
>OK, I suppose if you really wanted to simulate networked operation when
>working locally you could run:
>
> rdiff-backup backup {source directory} localhost::{archive directory}
>
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