Also, rdiff-backup's command looks much like an rsync command and the most recent backup set is just like an rsync mirror, so to get the most recent files back is just a copy or a recursive copy or. For about a decade, I've been using rdiff-backup, which handles the short-comings that rsync+hardlinks has. Some don't because automation with a GUI is next to impossible for the middle of the night. Many excellent backup tools exist, some have GUIs. rsync + hardlinking can get to 80% of what a good backup tool does, but it doesn't provide versioning as owner, group, permissions, xattrs and ACLs change over time, which a better backup too handles.
IMHO, rsync isn't really sufficient for backups, at least not alone for a number of reasons. If you use rsync, you would create a 2-3 line script that does what you want and you can 100% automate what it does. GRSync will sync the files and directories according to the rules that you have specified.Ī) how-to Geek is still posting and active.ī) grsync is just a GUI over rsync. To run the synchronization job with the new exclude rules, select it from the list of saved jobs and click on the "Run" button.Click on the "Save" button to save the updated synchronization job.Once you have added all of the exclude rules that you want, click on the "OK" button to save the changes and close the "Exclude files" dialog.Repeat steps 3-5 for each folder that you want to exclude from the sync.In the "Type" field, select whether the exclude rule applies to files, directories, or both.You can use wildcards (such as "*" or "?") to match multiple files or directories. In the "Rule" field, specify the name of the folder that you want to exclude from the sync.In the "Exclude files" dialog, click on the "Add" button to add a new exclude rule.In the "Options" section, click on the "Exclude" button to open the "Exclude files" dialog.Open GRSync and select the synchronization job that you want to modify.Here is a step-by-step guide to excluding a folder from a GRSync synchronization job: This option allows you to specify a list of files or directories that you want to exclude from the sync. If you backup through the network, you can enable the Compress file data option for faster transfer to make it lighter.To exclude a folder from a GRSync synchronization job, you will need to use the "Exclude" option in the "Options" section of the job configuration. I only recommend to enable the Copy symlinks as symlinks option. There are more options in the Advanced tab, however, you probably will not be using them. Size only option enables to compare files by their size and if there is any difference, the file in the destination will be replaced with the source file.Īll these options belong to the Basic Options tab. Show transfer progress option just shows the progress. I recommend selecting this option and backup all the partitions separately. You may need this option if you modified a file on your backup hard drive and you want to keep this new version and do not replace it with older version during the backup.ĭo not leave filesystem option means that it will not copy the content of any mounted partition/device. If you enable the option Ignore existing, Grsync will only copy new files and will not backup the files which you modified after the last backup. Verbose means to show more detailed information on the screen during the backup process. This way your source and destination basically just mirrored. If you delete a file on your system and run Grsync it will delete that file from a previous backup of your system as well.
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So, if you copy your data files into the FAT file system, you need to enable the Windows Compatibility option.ĭelete on destination is another useful option for incremental backups. Grsync has a very useful option to ensure compatibility with windows. In other words, if you just backup your home directory or a specific folder with some data, selecting only the Preserve time option is enough. Preserve owner, Preserver permissions, and Preserve group options are important if you want to backup your system, not just your data.
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