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Is it true that rsync does not handle "File renames" gracefully?

While using the backup tool duplicity, I noticed that if I rename a file on the source, the data will be resent again over the network to the destination, which is a bit sad. Since duplicity uses librsync internaly, I decided to have a look at…
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Supplying RDiff Base File Using Pipe Results in Illegal Seek Error

If I run the following rdiff command rdiff patch basefile patchfile outputfile everything works as expected, however, if I try to use stdin to provide the base file like this xz -d -c basefile.xz | rdiff patch - patchfile outputfile I get the…
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Backup using rsnapshot not working

I have a server web based Linux and i want to make backup every hour using rsnapshot. this is my rsnapshot file configuration : config_version 1.2 snapshot_root /var/Majjane-Save/ cmd_cp /bin/cp cmd_rm /bin/rm cmd_rsync …
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rdiff-backup - backup folder smaller than the original / error when restoring files

I'm testing rdiff-backup and I thought maybe someone could help me out. 1: Why is my backup smaller than the original folder? In my remote server I have 36G and in my backup server it's only 29G. 2: I was trying to restore some files but I got this…
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rsnapshot backup not working?

I installed rsnapshot and configured it to make backup every hour. But the issue is all backups that are made not working. Let me explain to you, I made 3 backups hourly.0, hourly.1 and hourly.2. hourly.0 : there are 15 files hourly.1 : there are…
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What is the difference between rdiff and librsync?

In my project, I have to keep some files synchronized between two computers. Both rdiff and librsync seem to do the same thing. Can anyone please point me to some differences so I can choose which tool would suit me best? Links to the…
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