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diff --git a/system/rdiff-backup/README b/system/rdiff-backup/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0e78f2aadb --- /dev/null +++ b/system/rdiff-backup/README @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a +network. The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, +but extra reverse diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that +target directory, so you can still recover files lost some time +ago. The idea is to combine the best features of a mirror and an +incremental backup. rdiff-backup also preserves subdirectories, hard +links, dev files, permissions, uid/gid ownership, modification times, +extended attributes, acls, and resource forks. Also, rdiff-backup +can operate in a bandwidth efficient manner over a pipe, like +rsync. Thus you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back a +hard drive up to a remote location, and only the differences will +be transmitted. Finally, rdiff-backup is easy to use and settings +have sensical defaults. + +Dependencies: librsync (from slackbuilds.org) + |