BackUp with "inverse" increments

[Dan Stromberg]

rsync --link-dest is fast and simple, good stuff.

I recommend using it with some sort of wrapper script for rotations, like
Backup.rsync:
https://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~strombrg/Backup.remote.html

On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 7:29 AM Kevin Korb via rsync <rsync at lists.samba.org>
wrote:

> See --link-dest.  That is what makes rsync shine for backups.
>
> On 10/6/21 10:09 AM, Helmut Jarausch via rsync wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to mirror my root file system (e.g.) to a different disk. The
> > mirror should always be most recent.
> > In addition, I'd like to be able to restore my file system to the state
> > of one or more backups before
> > without storing full size snapshots.
> >
> > The --backup-dir option does most of the work, but what happens if the
> > old backup doesn't contain a file
> > which is part of the current source. How can I restore the old version
> > including deletion of files
> > which didn't exist in the old version?
> >
> > Many thanks for some hints or pointers,
> > Helmut
> >
>
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