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Re: Backup Program

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On 12/04/2026 14:53, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> 
> I use an HP Microserver N54L running Linux Mint xfce to create iso files 
> from DVDs and to act as a home media server, the files are backed up to 
> a Windows PC on my home network.
> 
> I have two backup programs, Smart Sync Pro and SyncBackSE which are too 
> clever for their own good. I believe the date/time kept on the Linux 
> machine is more accurate than that on the Windows machine. Originally I 
> switched from Smart Sync Pro to SyncBackSE because the latter didn't get 
> confused, however, I just went to run a backup and it wants to copy 
> absolutely everything.
> 
> Is anybody aware of a backup program that will just consider file path 
> and file size in deciding whether of not a backup is needed? Would XCOPY 
> work?
> 
> I tried to ask in the Linux group but somebody wanted to start an 
> advocacy war there.
> 
> If not I am going to have to fire up Visual Studio and see what I can do...
> 

Xcopy, robocopy and rsync all have the wits to consider similarities of 
the source and the destination copy, before starting a backup. This goes 
beyond timestamps, file sizes and archive bits set, and looks also at 
the file contents. You don't want that reliability?

The above are command line tools.

On Windows, I used to use this GUI back in the day
https://www.karenware.com/powertools/karens-replicator-backup-utility

If it wasn't that then some MS PowerToy GUI that slapped a form with a 
zillion checkboxes in front of xcopy.exe or robocopy.exe ...


FWIW My choice system backup program is urbackup. It's there but invisible.

-- 
Adrian C

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Backup Program "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-04-12 13:53 +0000
  Re: Backup Program Gordon <Gordon@leaf.net.nz> - 2026-04-13 05:10 +0000
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  Re: Backup Program "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-04-13 15:33 +0000
    Re: Backup Program Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-13 19:12 +0100
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  Re: Backup Program Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2026-04-15 19:12 +0100
    Re: Backup Program "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-04-15 21:11 +0000

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