Re: [DNG] Backup revisited - the rsync time machine

2018-02-05 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 09:08:59AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 09:15:33AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 05:32:36PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > > Dear list, > > > > > > For years I'd used a couple of rsync scripts for backup, > > > usually just full sn

Re: [DNG] Backup revisited - the rsync time machine

2018-02-05 Thread Joel Roth
On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 09:15:33AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 05:32:36PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > Dear list, > > > > For years I'd used a couple of rsync scripts for backup, > > usually just full snapshots. > > > > I knew there is an option using hardlinks that behave

Re: [DNG] Backup revisited - the rsync time machine

2018-02-05 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 05:32:36PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Dear list, > > For years I'd used a couple of rsync scripts for backup, > usually just full snapshots. > > I knew there is an option using hardlinks that behaves like > the Mac Time Machine app, giving cheap incremental backups. > > ht

Re: [DNG] Backup revisited - the rsync time machine

2018-02-05 Thread viverna
il devuanizzato Joel Roth il 03-02-18 04:32:36 ha scritto: > Dear list, > > For years I'd used a couple of rsync scripts for backup, > usually just full snapshots. > > I knew there is an option using hardlinks that behaves like > the Mac Time Machine app, giving cheap incremental backups. You ma

Re: [DNG] Backup revisited - the rsync time machine

2018-02-02 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 02.02.18 17:32, Joel Roth wrote: > Probably you all have something much better, but for the > sake of discussion, and will post my humble offering. Not better, but a data point for anyone else backing up to a flash drive, which is convenient for the off-site backup. Rsync compares checksums b

[DNG] Backup revisited - the rsync time machine

2018-02-02 Thread Joel Roth
Dear list, For years I'd used a couple of rsync scripts for backup, usually just full snapshots. I knew there is an option using hardlinks that behaves like the Mac Time Machine app, giving cheap incremental backups. https://blog.interlinked.org/tutorials/rsync_time_machine.html And now I fool