Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:25:26 -0500, Warp wrote:

> > The most typical backup program for other systems is something that you
> > have to run manually, and most often than not with a horrible nightmare
> > of a user interface. (For example you wouldn't believe how complicated
> > it is to restore one single file with OpenSuse's system backup utility.
> > Something that takes like 5 seconds with Time Machine can take at
> > minimum 5 minutes with OpenSuse's system backup, often more. And of
> > course it's in no way automatic.)

> rsync + cron = backup goodness.

I don't think rsync does incremental backups. In other words, if you
wanted to restore an earlier version of a file, it's not possible.

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                                                          - Warp

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