Re: Thoughts regarding system-backups

[Miko Larsson <jjflxyz%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 30 Jul 2021 11:08:00 -0400
Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

> I acquired a 500MB disk from a lappy.
> 
> Ideas for a package to do system-wide backups?
> Can I put the backup in a specific dir -- ORRR must I use the entire
> disk?
> 
> Thank you

You're not gonna be able to fit a whole lot on a 500*MB* disk ;p

On a more serious note; rsync is pretty much *the* tool that one should
use for "dynamic" backups. There's also the good ol' tar, but that's
more for static backups.

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~miko