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|    Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to pinnerite    |
|    Re: Trivial Backup dilemma    |
|    02 Feb 26 23:13:53    |
      From: ldo@nz.invalid              On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 22:32:35 +0000, pinnerite wrote:              > When I backup of course, the new directories (and contents) will be       > copied but the originals will remain on the backup drive. It would       > time-consuming to go through the backup drive, work out what had been       > duplicated and delete the original files.              rsync has the --link-dest option so it can do the deduping for you.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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