a utility used to sychronise files between locations (possibly over a network)
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Why is rsync recopying a lot of file when I sync to an USB key?
When I do an rsync to USB key using -t, it still copy a lot of file. Why?
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How can I substitute colons when I rsync on a USB key?
I would like to backup my mail directory on a USB key. However, my IMAP has a strange naming convention that something include a colon (:) character. Since the USB is in a window format, rsync fail ...
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What happens if rsnapshot / rdiff-backup gets interrupted in the middle of a transfer? [duplicate]
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What happens if rsnapshot / rdiff-backup gets interrupted in the middle of a transfer?
What happens if rsnapshot or rdiff-backup gets interrupted in the middle of a ...
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What happens if rsnapshot / rdiff-backup gets interrupted in the middle of a transfer?
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What happens if rsnapshot or rdiff-backup gets interrupted in the middle of a transfer?
I know that rsnapshot tries to make a complete snapshot of your system in rotating ...
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How to rdiff-backup / rsnapshot / backupninja from LOCAL to REMOTE machine?
I'm a bit confused about doing backups with rsync/rdiff-backup / rsnapshot via SSH.
I've been looking at utilities such as backupninja and rsnapshot. These are rsync / rdiff based backup systems, ...