[TriLUG] Anyone using rdiff-backup?

[Brian Bouterse via TriLUG]

I use rdiff backup. It works well. If the requirement is reverse
differential backups then it's the right tool. I also use rsync, but it
does not support reverse differential as far as I know.

On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 9:40 PM Roger B via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> On February 20, 2023 9:06:07 PM Steve Litt via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Matthew Glassman via TriLUG said on Mon, 20 Feb 2023 18:40:50 -0500
> >
> >> Previous job used r sync but I don’t recall it doing versioned
> >> backups. Has that changed in recent years?
> >
> > For versioning you roll your own. See
> >
> http://troubleshooters.com/lpm/200609/200609.htm#Using_hardlinks_to_create_incremental
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> > Steve Litt
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> And see this:
> rsync is a fast and versatile command-line utility for synchronizing files
> and directories between two locations over a remote shell, or from/to a
> remote Rsync daemon. It provides fast incremental file transfer by
> transferring only the differences between the source and the destination.
>
> Rsync can be used for mirroring data, incremental backups, copying files
> between systems, and as a replacement for scp , sftp, and cp
> commands.
> https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-use-rsync-for-local-and-remote-data-transfer-and-synchronization/
>
> I just do simple backups - not incrementals.
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