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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.   
      
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