Re: Advise on backing up files in Etch.

[Dan H <dunno@stoptrick.com>]

On Sun, 13 May 2007 20:56:21 -0400
Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@connexer.com> wrote:

> Good point.  What I like about the rsync snapshots is that I can
> "browse" back in time.  In my case, I always have hourly snapshots
> going back four hours, daily snapshots going back four days and weekly
> snapshots going back four weeks.  That works out rather nicely in that
> it is trivial for me to compare files across snapshots.

That sounds nice but how does it work? I only use rsync to keep exact
mirrors of directory trees in sync, but have never heard about the
history thingy.

--D.