On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 16:40:04 +0200, Daniel de Kok <daniel@mindbender.nowhere> wrote:
> 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/
>
Also search sf.net (sourceforge) for 'rsync' --> numbers of projects
and scripts use rsync for time-based backup + hardlink = reduced
incremental backup time and versioned backups. Snoop network and
grab datafiles when they change.

Slightly related: I use 'cp -al src.a src.b' duplicate kernel source
tree for cost of new directory structure --> copy ~200MB for ~250KB
space. Something of that order ... I'm sleepwlaking/not going to turn
on linux box to measure

--Grant.