[TriLUG] Anyone using rdiff-backup?

[Bill Weinel via TriLUG]

All,

I use rsync here on all my various systems for /home/* directory backups 
to my NAS servers. It's very convenient when running inside of a shell 
script with an "--exclude-from <filename.txt>" command embedded. You can 
then backup everything in your home directories on a regular basis and 
build an exclude list file to exclude the things which you don't want to 
backup (like caches, logs, and etc.) After the initial rsync run, it 
only takes seconds every time you rerun it to catch all the changes and 
deletions which have occurred in your home directories between 
executions. You can also run it as a cron job if necessary. As for 
taring or zipping the output of rsync, in my opinion why bother... 
additional storage space is cheap these days.

cheers,
Bill

On 2/20/23 18:40, Matthew Glassman via TriLUG wrote:
> Previous job used r sync but I don’t recall it doing versioned backups. Has that changed in recent years?
> On Feb 20, 2023 at 6:12 PM -0500, Roger B <rogerb at bronord.com>, wrote:
>> On February 20, 2023 12:05:25 PM Matthew Glassman via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello group,
>>>
>>> I am wondering if anyone is familiar and/or currently using rdiff-backup?
>>> I have some questions based on my most recent use of this application.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Matthew
>>> --