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a utility for creating reverse differential backups

rdiff-backup is a utility that allows a backup of a directory tree with a history of changes that can be retrieved. The user can retrieve the version of a file at certain points in the past. This is achieved by storing the current version and keeping a record of the changes in reverse (i.e. the difference between the current version and the previous version is stored so that the previous version can be re-created) The previous version may have a diff that can be used to go to the next previous version and so on.

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what does the --backup-mode option for rdiff mean?

I've got rdiff-backup up & running nicely using cron jobs over SSH between two VMs (my webserver and a backup space), using scripts put together from various places online. I'm backing up various folders, including database dumps, /etc and /var/www.…
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how to rdiff-backup with list increments

I have already created nfs server and client for backup web server and cms server like at http://www.myee.web.id/2012/04/nfs-server-for-backup/ Then I installed rdiff-backup, for backup I running command like below: # rdiff-backup…
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Backing up LVM volume with multiple partitions

I want to create a backup of a LVM volume (Xen DomU's), however a LVM volume can have multiple partitions and those are dynamic (I cannot guarantee LVM #1 has 1 partition and LVM #2 has 3 etcetera). I'm using kpartx to mount a LVM volume, however…
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Backing up files

I'm looking for a method to do incremental file backups. I've found rdiff-backup and had a question about it: is it possible todo something along the lines of backup to 25 feb 2012. I know you can specify it like this: rdiff-backup -r 10D…
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Backups Failing (Previously Fine) (rdiff-backup)

This is driving me a little crazy as previously it ran a full and happy backup. Cron: /usr/bin/rdiff-backup --exclude /var/yp --exclude /var/tux --exclude /var/tmp --exclude /var/www/usage --exclude /var/www/quarantine --exclude…
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rdiff-backup fails when deleting files from backup directory

In my search for a reliable backup program i have come across rdiff-backup which seems like a good solution for me. To test it a little bit i did the following: Create a directory a Add three files to it (1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg) Create a directory…
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How to do rdiff backup restore

How to do rdiff back restore using program ( perl, bash ) Can i get more informatio about rdiff back restore ?
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rdiff-backup error: Host key verification failed

What is this error? This rdiff-backup command is run in a shell script. How to resolve this issue? ssh -l root 161.3.46.12 rdiff-backup root@161.3.46.12::/root/files/1/ /root/cloodon_sync spawn ssh -l root 161.3.46.12 rdiff-backup…
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What differential backup program to use?

Currently I'm using rdiff-backup, but I'm not happy with its performance, and ability to track down the problem. Is there any other tool that provides differential backups over ssh? Which is the fastest one?
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rdiff-backup command view backedup files

We are using rdiff-backup command to make incremental backups.My question is that how to view the files in a particular backup i.e, .gz file Also how to recover all the files in a particular gz file
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rdiff-backup command restore with date

If a backup was made using rdiff-backup command for some particular date what is the format that should be given to restore the files for that particular date. rdiff-bakup -r "dateformat" backup/a.txt /destination-dir Thanks..
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ubuntu 8.04lts + rdiff-backup: Should I install from source instead of using apt repositories?

I'm trying to use rdiff-backup in order to make backup copies of some folders inside an Ubuntu 8.04LTS server. I'm attempting to do the backup on another server with a more modern Ubuntu distro (9.10). I'll call this one the "client". rdiff-backup…
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Can rdiff do incremental backups

I am new to ubuntu , i have installed rdiff-backup. I have folder called sqlfiles on remote ftp server.The sql filesa are stored for last three days and then deleted. But i want to download the all copies to local computers I want to have…
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Can I ask rdiff-backup to ignore metadata-only changes?

I’m willing to use rdiff-backup to backup the content of a dynamically-modified DNS zone. I have written a simple script that performs an AXFR transfer of the zone to a temporary directory, and then runs rdiff-backup to backup the temporary…
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rdiff-backup on Windows: source from volume root, ignore $recycle.bin and "System Volume Information"

I'm trying to use rdiff-backup in Windows, using the root of a local disk as a source and a local folder on a different local disk as a destination. rdiff-backup keeps crashing when it tries reading the "System Volume Information" folder; I am…
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