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Hi, |
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Simon wrote: |
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> Another way might be to use a read-writable media for storing the fs |
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> table. Possibly, using a modified ext2fs which would transparently work |
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> like a real ext2fs, a tool like rsync could be used to make true |
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> incremental backups using the hard-links trick. ... |
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I am not very good in these things, however I wonder what are you |
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meaning under "hard-links trick" in this case. |
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I have thought about several possible kind of backup strategy for |
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private purposes. Once I got the idea to use hard-links for incremental |
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backup on a large enough external hard drive. All the backups are in |
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directories by their date. While creating a backup a file is hard linked |
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and not copied if it exists in the last backup and have not changed |
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since that. |
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I don't know if this trick is in use by any already existing program. Do |
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you or anybody else know such tools? |
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Peter |
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