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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Handsome Jack   
   Re: Best Backup tool for Home Directory   
   16 Nov 25 21:07:23   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:37:08 -0000 (UTC), Handsome Jack wrote:   
      
   >  rsync -auv $SRCDIR $DESTDIR   
      
   Try   
      
       rsync -AlprtXuv "$SRCDIR" "$DESTDIR"   
      
   > The above version of the script doesn't delete anything, it just adds   
   > any new files to the backup disk and overwrites old versions of files on   
   > your backup disk with the new versions that are on your source disk.   
      
   That could easily end up being a confusing backup snapshot indeed.   
      
   > If that isn't what you want, you can add "--delete" to the rsync   
   > parameters in the script   
      
   Or try “--delete-after”, for added safety.   
      
      
      
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