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rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a
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network. The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory,
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but extra reverse diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that
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target directory, so you can still recover files lost some time
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ago. The idea is to combine the best features of a mirror and an
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incremental backup. rdiff-backup also preserves subdirectories, hard
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links, dev files, permissions, uid/gid ownership, modification times,
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extended attributes, acls, and resource forks. Also, rdiff-backup
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can operate in a bandwidth efficient manner over a pipe, like
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rsync. Thus you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back a
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hard drive up to a remote location, and only the differences will
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be transmitted. Finally, rdiff-backup is easy to use and settings
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have sensical defaults.
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