Trying to understand which parameters I need for a generic backup using rsync
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Trying to understand which parameters I need for a generic backup using rsync
Simply trying to backup a directory to external hard drive; I came across a tutorial which used the -av parameters, which should be sufficient for what I want to do? I came across also the concept of hard links using -H but I'm unclear on what that does or whether I even need it, my inclination is to think not.
If the directory has subdirectories, you might want -r. My understanding is that -H is usually used when you want to make a bootable copy of your disk.
Simply trying to backup a directory to external hard drive; I came across a tutorial which used the -av parameters, which should be sufficient for what I want to do? I came across also the concept of hard links using -H but I'm unclear on what that does or whether I even need it, my inclination is to think not.
The options -av should be sufficient.
If you were using hardlinks you'd probably remember setting them. Though one place that rsync can make use of hardlinks is in doing incremental backups. See the --link-dest option if you are interested in planning incremental backups.
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