On Mon, Nov 04, 2019, Charles Curley wrote: > On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 06:01:54 -1000 > Joel Roth <jo...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > These days I use rsync with the --link-dest option to make > > complete Time-Machine(tm) style backups using hardlinks to > > avoid file duplication in the common case. In this > > scenario, the top-level directory is typically named based > > on date and time, e.g. back-2019.11.04-05:32:06. > > Take a look at rsnapshot. You have pretty well described it.
Looks like a featureful, capable, and thoroughly debugged front end to rsync with the --link-dest option. Thanks, I'll fool around with this. Also for the explanations about file integrity issues when databases are involved. -- Joel Roth
