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Re: Programs for backing up data?
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Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
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Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:27:35 +0100
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On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, Ken Teh wrote:

> You need to be clear about what you mean by backup.  If you are keeping a 
> mirror of your data, rsync is fine.  But sometimes you want a version of a 
> file from 3 months ago.  rsync is not going to do that for you.

I find that rsync with --link-dest is a good starting point for
scripting multiple backups to the same disk (not the one you are
backing up) which are good for recovering files in that scenario.

-- 
Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison		Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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