[Discuss] rsnapshot vs. rdiff-backup

[Jerry Feldman]

On 12/06/2013 01:55 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> Jerry Feldman wrote:
>> I'm not sure what it would use cp(1) for when backup up remotely. I
>
> It's not for remotely. Its for locally including over NFS. If I'm
> remembering things properly at this point, "cp --link source target"
> followed by an rsync update is much faster than "rsync --link-dest
> prev source target".
>
Agreed.

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