[ltp] Re: USB 2.0 external hard drives

[Stefan Monnier]

>> I use rsync for simple notebook backups, BTW.
> I strongly recommend against using rsync for backups. This
> scenario has happened to me before:
> 1) backup with rsync
> 2) change the file locally in some bad way
> 3) backup again with rsync
> Now the remote copy is hosed, as is the local one.
> What you want is a backup where you can roll back mistakes.

Check The --backup and --backup-dir options to rsync.


        Stefan