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Are you aware of the --link-dest option for rsync? It seems to do the same thing. I've been using this (via dirvish) for years for doing full nightly, deduped b
by jonhohle 16y ago
Are you aware of the --link-dest option for rsync? It seems to do the same thing. I've been using this (via dirvish) for years for doing full nightly, deduped backups.
- cperciva 16y agoHardlinks are only useful if you have files which are unmodified. Tarsnap (and I assume ddar) will take advantage when part of a file is unmodified.
- rlpb 16y agorsync with --link-dest will store each version of a file separately, including parts that are the same. It also won't hard link files in different areas of the tree that are the same, storing them multiple times also. Nor will it relink files that disappear and reappear, or change and then change back. I wouldn't really call it deduped storage at all. The optimisation it does do might well be sufficient for your needs though.