From: jack@handsome.com   
      
   On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 04:49:49 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:51:19 -0000 (UTC), Handsome Jack wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sun, 16 Nov 2025 21:07:23 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> That could easily end up being a confusing backup snapshot indeed.   
   >>   
   >> It's a trade-off.   
   >   
   > There is another way, and that is to use options like --link-dest to   
   > create separate point-in-time snapshots with deduping to save space.   
      
   I don't understand the instructions for link-dest either in the   
   "rsync --help" command line, or in man.   
      
   What I do is create a clean backup from scratch every few weeks, and then   
   gradually update it with the rsync -auv script I posted earlier. Yes, it   
   gets "corrupted" with duplicates of files that I have deleted or shifted   
   around on my live system, but it is in principle recoverable. Not that I   
   have ever had to do it in anger.   
      
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