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0 pointsape412y ago0 comments

Yes in the general case. But in the case of a backup that's done daily the sender can say... there are all the files that changed since we last did this.

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ars12y ago

Rsync is designed for the general case. It's useful for backups, but not designed for them.

tnhh12y ago

In this case, I think you want to be using unison rather than rsync.

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0 pointsape412y ago0 comments

Yes in the general case. But in the case of a backup that's done daily the sender can say... there are all the files that changed since we last did this.

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ars12y ago

Rsync is designed for the general case. It's useful for backups, but not designed for them.

tnhh12y ago

In this case, I think you want to be using unison rather than rsync.

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