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Re: Make a backup only if necessary

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From	Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com>
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Subject	Re: Make a backup only if necessary
Date	Mon, 27 May 2024 13:53:02 +0300
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I wrote

> I want to make sure that my differential backups are not
> useless.  One solution is to compare byte-for-byte each
> new diff. backup with the previous one, and delete the
> copy if it turn out redundant, but I wondered if there
> were a simpler method.

Nope -- no two differential backup files compare equal.

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Make a backup only if necessary Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2024-05-27 12:59 +0300
  Re: Make a backup only if necessary Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2024-05-27 13:53 +0300
  Re: Make a backup only if necessary Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2024-05-27 22:43 +0200
    Re: Make a backup only if necessary Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2024-05-28 12:41 +0300
      Re: Make a backup only if necessary Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2024-05-28 20:11 +0200
        Re: Make a backup only if necessary Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2024-05-29 00:52 +0300
          Re: Make a backup only if necessary Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2024-05-31 13:53 +0300
            Re: Make a backup only if necessary Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2024-06-01 11:34 +0200
              Re: Make a backup only if necessary Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2024-06-02 14:43 +0300
                Re: Make a backup only if necessary Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2024-06-04 20:22 +0200
                Re: Make a backup only if necessary Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2024-06-05 17:15 +0300
                Re: Make a backup only if necessary Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2024-06-05 19:37 +0300

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