i like that jazz. On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Alex Dean <a...@crackpot.org> wrote: > > On Jan 19, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Eric - A wrote: > >> What is a simple program to do full and incremental backups of my hardrive? >> I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. > > rdiff-backup is rsync plus retention of old snapshots. (So you can restore a > file as it was X days ago, which can be nice.) > > The thing I love about it is that your backup 'repository' is an actual > directory of files instead of some weird binary blob. If you just want the > most recent version of a file, all you need is 'cp'. This is way way faster > than other incremental backup systems where you'd have to restore the last > full backup and then apply all the ensuing incrementals in order. > > http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/ > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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