On Sb, 25 sep 21, 21:03:37, Default User wrote: > > to denote exclusions, that is, things you do not want to back up. > This is from /home/debian_user/.config/backintime/config: > > . . . > profile1.snapshots.exclude.1.value=.gvfs > profile1.snapshots.exclude.2.value=.cache/* > profile1.snapshots.exclude.3.value=.thumbnails* > profile1.snapshots.exclude.4.value=.local/share/[Tt]rash* > profile1.snapshots.exclude.5.value=*.backup* > profile1.snapshots.exclude.6.value=*~ > profile1.snapshots.exclude.7.value=.dropbox* > profile1.snapshots.exclude.8.value=/proc/* > profile1.snapshots.exclude.9.value=/sys/* > profile1.snapshots.exclude.10.value=/dev/* > profile1.snapshots.exclude.11.value=/run/* > profile1.snapshots.exclude.12.value=/etc/mtab > profile1.snapshots.exclude.13.value=/var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb > profile1.snapshots.exclude.14.value=lost+found/* > profile1.snapshots.exclude.15.value=/tmp/* > profile1.snapshots.exclude.16.value=/var/tmp/* > profile1.snapshots.exclude.17.value=/var/backups/* > profile1.snapshots.exclude.18.value=.Private > . . . Half of those are system directories, so they are irrelevant for your use case (backing up a /home directory). > Borg takes up about 4.2 Gb of user data only. > > Backintime uses about 4.4Gb to back up the same user data. If I understand correctly Borg takes less space *without* exclusions to backup the same data as timeshift *with* exclusions. What problem are you trying to solve? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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