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| -rw-r--r-- | sysutils/rdiff-backup/pkg-descr | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sysutils/rdiff-backup/pkg-descr b/sysutils/rdiff-backup/pkg-descr index 1e5ded28dfa9..0f36779040b9 100644 --- a/sysutils/rdiff-backup/pkg-descr +++ b/sysutils/rdiff-backup/pkg-descr @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a network. The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra reverse -diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that target directory, so you can -still recover files lost some time ago. The idea is to combine the best +diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that target directory, so you +can still recover files lost some time ago. The idea is to combine the best features of a mirror and an incremental backup. rdiff-backup also preserves -subdirectories, hard links, dev files, permissions, uid/gid ownership (if it is -running as root), and modification times. Finally, rdiff-backup can operate in -a bandwidth efficient manner over a pipe, like rsync. Thus you can use -rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back a hard drive up to a remote location, and -only the differences will be transmitted. +subdirectories, hard links, dev files, permissions, uid/gid ownership (if it +is running as root), and modification times. Finally, rdiff-backup can operate +in a bandwidth efficient manner over a pipe, like rsync. Thus you can use +rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back a hard drive up to a remote location, +and only the differences will be transmitted. WWW: http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/ |