From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 23/06/2025 11:25, Chris Elvidge wrote:   
   > 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 also do this with an rsyncd on the far end ...   
      
   > I can't see a way for borg to do this. Am I wrong?   
   >   
   It wouldn't be the first time a latest and greatest couldn't do the basics.   
      
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