I like to keep my system files and my data backups separate. I have the /home directory in it’s own partition meaning home is not in the root directory. I use Clonezilla to backup the ./ (system) and that works very well. I use tar to backup my data in the /home directory. But there are a lot of …

Hi @easyt50 and @nevj :waving_hand: [image] Neville Jackson: It would be ideal if you could get it to do the dot files, but not the rest of /home. I guess that should be doable. I was intrigued by the task and tried to research it. So I looked at my timeshift GUI and it seems to be a matte…

[image] josephj222222: backup is not a backup unless you have proven you can successfully restore from it. Well said that is why we do them [image] easyt50: So much faster backing up only the changes. Sorry Howard but as pointed out the restore bit is important, speed is not everythin…

[image] Paul: partial copy rsync does not make a separate partial copy when it updates a backup. … it modifies the backup filesystem adding any changes since the last backup. You always have a complete filesystem to recover from.

[image] nevj: modifies the backup filesystem adding any changes since the last backup So if you had a picture of your dog, then gimp it to add your cat and save it using the same file name does it replace in your backup the old dog with the new dog cat ? Could you get your old dog image back…

[image] Paul: So if you had a picture of your dog, then gimp it to add your cat and save it using the same file name does it replace in your backup the old dog with the new dog cat ? It archives if you use -a option. So if you make a new filename for the cat image, and delete the dog image i…

If you know what you’re doing, you can make a backup from another backup using hard links so it really is a partial backup, but works like a full one. I’ve seen it explained, but never did it. It’s particularly useful with the fuzzy options if you just rename files. Without fuzzy, it treats a rename…

[image] Josephj222222: A backup is not a backup unless you have proven you can successfully restore from it. [image] Using the CLI to backup or copy a Linux system Every newly created backup scheme has to be verified at least once. We all know that, as already stated earlier in another …

[image] Paul: speed is not everything when it comes to getting it back Very true! You got :100: points and a huge :+1: for the quote of the day! :wink: [image] Paul: Could you get your old dog image back ? I still prefer doing 3 copies in rotational order even if it takes longer. An…

[image] Josephj222222: make a backup from another backup using hard links so it really is a partial backup The Borg backup,program does that. I tried Borg. … too complex for me. I believe Timeshift does something like that too.

[image] Paul: Sorry Howard but as pointed out the restore bit is important Rsync copies the changes of the master to the backup copy. Now the master and backup are in sync. The backup is a mirror of the master after the update. No better restore option then having a full image of the original…

[image] easyt50: Rsync copies Ok Howard I stand corrected, never used this system For me a backup is a backup, start it sunday night before bed to disk 1, Monday morning its finished during the night. Following week repeat to disk 2, week after disk 3, week 4 back to disk 1, But my back up …

When a Backup is not a Backup

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abu (Alfred Bühler) 17 February 2026 09:10 41

We all know that, as already stated earlier in another topic.