On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 05:53:32 -0500, Warp wrote:

> 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.

There are ways to accomplish that, sure.

The search I suggested to Andy, for example, has a couple of examples of 
how to do exactly that.

Jim

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