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   On 03/02/2026 03:27, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 23:13:53 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:   
   >   
   >> rsync has the --link-dest option so it can do the deduping for you.   
   >   
   > Just to clarify, I mean deduping across different backup snapshots, to   
   > avoid creating additional copies of a file that has not changed, not   
   > within a single backup snapshot.   
      
   Isn't this where timeshift and 'back in time' come in? They're really   
   just front-ends to rsync plus scheduling of one sort or another.   
   They seem to work well enough.   
      
   Or are we talking archiving here, as opposed to backup? Or some mixture?   
      
      
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