Re: [opensuse] Suggestions for backup software?

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The Sunday 2008-03-30 at 18:48 -0700, John Andersen wrote:

Cheers for an external USB hard drive.

Boo for the Rsync.

Rsync is NOT a good backup tool. Backups should be a point in time
image of the file system. Rsync wants to match changes on a file by file basis,
which means if you delete a file rsync dutifully deletes your backup
of that file.

Hello?

Read the man, man.

Rsync can be used to make "differential" backups, having several sets like hourly, daily, whatever, each only using space for the difference. Of course, you have to script it or somehow enter the proper command sequence and parameters. Or, use one of the readily existing solutions which have been already mentioned, which in fact are based around rsync.

- -- Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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