Rdiff-backup on OS X
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Short and sweet
Download my script to automate rdiff-backup installation on OS X.
Longer version with background
I use rdiff-backup to keep all my systems backed up. Rdiff-backup keeps incremental changes and permission information, and only transmits changes over the network. It’s great for automated remote backups. All my Linux systems backup at least once a night, some several times daily to offsite locations via consumer-class internet connections. The first backup is painful if you have a lot of data, but after that only differences have to go so things are pretty smooth. (more…)