On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 10:16 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 16:43:44 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > > > Unlike rsync, it allows you to easily roll back to an older version of > > > file. Very useful when you realise you have screwed your configs just > > > after a backup run. > > > > BTW, librsync = rsync protocol/algo? Same thing? > > > > Please explain the roll back. it should be the same as with rsync No? > > No. rdiff-backup keeps a a backup plus diffs. You can roll back as > far as you want just by specifying the age. > > rdiff-backup --restore-as-of 1D12h /backup/path/to/file > > will restore file to the version you used 36 hours ago.
Wow.. That does seem interesting. (I presume this is if you do a backup every 12 hours?) When Does it do a Full backup? > Check out the rdiff-backup web site, it gives several examples of how it > can be used - http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/ Yep.. Thanks.. Will do once I get some I-net access. -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 17:44:48 up 1 day, 4:31, 4 users, load average: 1.54, 1.27, 0.98 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
