Re: Backup with versioning
Bob Alexander wrote:
> In my neverending tweaking of the system I would like to setup a backup
> cron job which would not only (possibly incrementally) save the files or
> directories I indicate, but for /etc and /home would keep the revisions
> of the files in a versioning schema (like rcs, cvs etc.) so that I have
> the possibility of going back to some previous state of the file.
You could look at dirvish or rsnapshot. While both of these tools do full
backup snapshots, they extensively use hard links to minimize storage
space. You get the benefits of full backups without the wasted space.
They doesn't have versioning per-se, but you could always go back to an
older version of the file by using the right snapshot.
Adam
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