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Re: mounting backup filesystem on-demand (was Re: Checking for a mount in a shell script)



On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 11:38:38AM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> tomas@tuxteam.de (HE12025-05-21):
> > Actually, this makes a lot of sense (well, nearly): keep backup constantly
> > synced, unmount/mount only on media rotation, carry freshly unmounted
> > medium to safe place.
> 
> It only becomes an effective backup at the time it is unmounted to move
> the medium to the safe place.

Yes, but that is true for "conventional" backups, too. You only lessen
the wait time, because the "last rsync" is potentially much faster.

Cheers
-- 
t

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