Re: backup of backup or alternating backups?

["mick.crane" <mick.crane@gmail.com>]

On 2024-10-07 21:06, Dan Ritter wrote:

> Possibly of interest: Debian package rdfind:
>
> Description: find duplicate files utility
>  rdfind is a program to find duplicate files and optionally list, 
> delete
>  them or replace them with symlinks or hard links.  It is a command
>  line program written in c++, which has proven to be pretty quick 
> compared
>  to its alternatives.
>
> -dsr-

Well, that sounds handy.
If, after using rdfind, want to copy a directory to external media.
Does "cp --dereference" mean copy the source if there's a symlink?
mick