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Backups Aren't Simple

359 points · 225 comments · afilipovski

  1. ryuuseijin · · focus · HN ↗
    A bit of a tangent, but the linked rsnapshot tool is about 7k lines of perl code. The COPYING file is 20 years old and it's still maintained, the last change was 6 months ago. I'm feeling really old.

    [1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;rsnapshot&#x2F;rsnapshot&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;rsnapshot-program.pl" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;rsnapshot&#x2F;rsnapshot&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;rsnapshot...

    1. geye1234 · · focus · HN ↗
      Yes, rsnapshot is excellent, I&#x27;m glad the article mentioned it. I use it for my weekly backups. So wonderfully simple. I wish the config file weren&#x27;t quite so strict about syntax, but I only need to change it about twice a decade so no big deal.
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