[Info-vax] Unix and DCL shells

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:16:56 -0000 (UTC), Simon Clubley wrote:

> On 2024-01-09, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo at nz.invalid> wrote:
>> On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 14:19:50 +0000, chrisq wrote:
>>
>>> Very useful for whole file system copies:
>>
>> I use rsync for that. It also does incremental updates.
> 
> Likewise. You can also run it over a ssh transport when syncing between
> two different systems. You can also run it a second time in checksum
> mode to make sure nothing else gets transferred (I use this as a verify
> pass).

And, with the --link-dest option, you can do incremental backups that 
look, for restoration purposes, just like full backups.

A powerful tool, with a million uses.