Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: rdiff-backup for changes only

[Chris Wilson]

Hi all,

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Troels Arvin wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 18:11:24 +1000, Herman Lim wrote:
> > Does anyone know if there's a way to use rdiff-backup to make incremental
> > 'backups' of changes only? ie. without mirroring the original directory
> > (then the changes subsequently).
>
> Not that I know of.
>
> > Have a massive source directory and would only like to keep track of the
> > changes only.
>
> You could use diff, I guess.

How about rdiff-backup to a local copy on the server, and then backup only 
the rdiff-backup directory with something like rsync?

Cheers, Chris.
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