From: chris@internal.net   
      
   On 23/06/2025 at 07:15, Deloptes wrote:   
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >   
   >> rsync has this nifty option called “--link-dest”, which lets you create   
   >> incremental backups that look like full backups for restoration purposes,   
   >> but with files that were unchanged since the last backup deduped to reduce   
   >> disk space.   
   >   
   > rsync is good tool, but it is not a backup tool, while Borg Backup is a   
   > perfect backup tool.   
   > the mentioned functionality is meant to reduce traffic and save time more   
   > than reduce disk space.   
   > And I do not know how a restore would look like with rsync. With borg it is   
   > a one liner.   
   > I leave the decision with the OP   
   >   
      
   I use rsync regularly to backup remote systems using ssh, where   
   known_hosts and authorized_keys are correctly populated (eg):   
   rsync $OPTIONS remotehost:/ localdir/   
   to copy a whole remote host to a local directory system.   
      
   I can't see a way for borg to do this. Am I wrong?   
      
   --   
   Chris Elvidge, England   
   A BELCH IS NOT AN ORAL REPORT   
      
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