From: jack@handsome.com   
      
   On Sun, 16 Nov 2025 21:07:23 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
      
   It's a trade-off. If you add the --delete thing, you routinely delete   
   files on the backup that you don't have anywhere else. Sooner or later   
   you'll accidentally delete a file on your live system and find that you   
   haven't got a copy anywhere else. That kind of defeats the purpose of it.   
      
   I don't think of my backup as a snapshot that will restore my data to   
   exactly what it was before, at the push of a button. That's for sys-ops.   
   What I want is always having a place to go to find a file that I've   
   somehow lost from my live system. But I agree that neither is perfect.   
      
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