On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:35:16 -0700, dvjkwck02 wrote:
> That's the worst solution for backups I have ever seen.

No, it is not.

> You have no way to verify the data you are storing.

rsync verifies the checksums of the backup with those of the original.
Besides that it copies cheap, because if a file differs, checksums of file
chunks are compared, and rsync will only resynchronise the chunks that
were changed.

> You have no way to restore data if the backup was foobar.

Why not? You will have an exact copy.

For the OP: this is a nice article that explains how you could make
backups with rsync:

http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/

-- Daniel