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Thank you! I will read it and see where to go from there.<br>
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Joe<br>
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On 01/22/2013 12:44 PM, Kevin Korb wrote:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> Here is one I wrote up for a
LUG presentation that is specifically<br>
> about doing it yourself:<br>
> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://sanitarium.net/golug/rsync_backups_2010.html">http://sanitarium.net/golug/rsync_backups_2010.html</a><br>
><br>
> On 01/22/13 02:31, Joe wrote:<br>
> > There have been a lot of posts on the list lately about
issues with<br>
> > hard links. It has been very interesting, but I don't
understand<br>
> > it very thoroughly. I haven't used hard links for
anything yet.<br>
> > I've used symlinks - not for backups, of course - and
have seen<br>
> > them get broken or deleted in backups.<br>
><br>
> > Is there a tutorial anywhere that will explain how this
works<br>
> > (assuming that the reader understands the basic concepts
of backups<br>
> > and knows how to program, but doesn't really understand
how to use<br>
> > links to create things like incremental or differential
backups)?<br>
> > It seems like there are a lot of fine points to
consider, some of<br>
> > which can really bite you if you don't take them into
account.<br>
><br>
> > I'm working on my own personal backup system using bash
and rsync.<br>
> > When it's done it will be pretty good, but it would be
*much*<br>
> > better if I rewrote it to have more backup versions
using hard<br>
> > links to save space.<br>
><br>
> > I am writing my own because (aside from learning a lot)
I have only<br>
> > seen two types of backup utilities - those that are very
simplistic<br>
> > and won't let me do what I want and those which are
enterprise<br>
> > level and I can't figure out how to get them to do
anything without<br>
> > extensive study. (I did experiment with areca (I think
it uses<br>
> > rsync libraries under the hood) which would probably do
everything<br>
> > I want, but I got stuck too many times and couldn't get
enough<br>
> > support on their forum to keep going.)<br>
><br>
> > TIA Joe<br>
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