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Re: Backup.

From <tomas@tuxteam.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Backup.
Date 2024-06-30 16:40 +0200
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On Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at 02:21:45PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hello,

[...]

> Git has some properties that are desirable for general backup
> purposes, but also some fairly huge downsides. For example:
> 
> - It's not efficient or performant for storing large binary files.

[...]

Plus, it doesn't record file ownership (for general backup,
this *is* important).

I'm a fan of rsync. If you want to keep more than one generation,
--link-dest or --compare-dest, as has been stated elsewhere in
this thread, are your friends.

Cheers
-- 
t

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    Re: Backup. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-06-30 17:10 +0200
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  Re: Backup. Jerome BENOIT <sphericaltriangle@rezozer.net> - 2024-06-27 22:20 +0200
    Re: Backup. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-06-30 16:50 +0200
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    Re: Backup. CHRIS M <CHRIS@CWM030.COM> - 2024-06-27 23:00 +0200
    Re: Backup. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-06-28 20:00 +0200
      Re: Backup. "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-06-28 23:40 +0200
        Re: Backup. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-06-30 15:40 +0200
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  Re: Backup. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-06-30 16:00 +0200
    Re: Backup. Michael Kjörling <c9bc136c6063@ewoof.net> - 2024-06-30 16:10 +0200
    Re: Backup. Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-06-30 16:30 +0200
      Re: Backup. <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-06-30 16:40 +0200
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        Re: Backup Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-06-30 17:50 +0200
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