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Written by Don Watkins on 2025-01-20 at 13:35

Personal backups with ‘rsync’ #linux #rsync #backup #technology

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Written by スパックマン クリス on 2025-01-20 at 13:42

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Thanks. I like the simplicity of this type of backup. No complicated configurations, no semi-backups of just the stuff that changed.

The drawback is that you don't get versions - if you change a file, backup, and then want the previous version of the file, you can't get it. Still, for many people that isn't a huge concern, and if they ever do need it, familiarity with rsync will help them when they set up backup software that does do versioning.

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Written by Christian Gudrian on 2025-01-20 at 13:46

@chris_spackman @linuxnerd You can instruct rsync to create incremental backups in different directories and hardlink those file that haven't changed from the previous run (--link-dest). That's basically what #Apple's #TimeMachine does. https://digitalis.io/blog/linux/incremental-backups-with-rsync-and-hard-links/

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Written by スパックマン クリス on 2025-01-20 at 13:48

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Thanks. I worded it poorly. I didn't mean to suggest that #rsync can't do it, just that people might switch to different software when the decide they need versioning. (On #linux that other software probably uses rsync under the hood anyhow.)

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