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diff --git a/sysutils/rdiff-backup/pkg-descr b/sysutils/rdiff-backup/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1e5ded28dfa9 --- /dev/null +++ b/sysutils/rdiff-backup/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +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 +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. + +WWW: http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/ |