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Re: USB drives as backup medium



 Tom Metro wrote: 
> Fred @ Planetary Server wrote: 
>> jbk wrote: 
>>> With a tape you append to the end of the data. How would I achieve 
>>> the same with a disk? I'm sure the answer is in front of me but I 
>>> am not seeing it. 
>> 
>> Rsync is another option to explore, and may be more up your alley. But 
>> it has a few limitations of its own -- new files completely overwrite 
>> the older ones, so you can't go to a later revision. 
> 
> There are numerous wrappers around rsync for implementing snapshots. I'd 
> recommend trying one of those. 
> 
>  -Tom 
> 


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