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diff --git a/sysutils/rdiff-backup/DESCR b/sysutils/rdiff-backup/DESCR index bfe4f66106f..f723d0d6e97 100644 --- a/sysutils/rdiff-backup/DESCR +++ b/sysutils/rdiff-backup/DESCR @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -Rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a network. -The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra -reverse diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that target directory, -so you can still recover files lost some time ago. The idea is to combine -the best features of a mirror and an incremental backup. Rdiff-backup also -preserves subdirectories, hard links, dev files, permissions, uid/gid -ownership (if it is running as root), and modification times. Finally, -rdiff-backup can operate in a bandwidth efficient manner over a pipe, like -rsync. Thus you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back a hard drive -up to a remote location, and only the differences will be transmitted. +Rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a network. +The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra +reverse diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that target directory, +so you can still recover files lost some time ago. The idea is to combine +the best features of a mirror and an incremental backup. Rdiff-backup also +preserves subdirectories, hard links, dev files, permissions, uid/gid +ownership (if it is running as root), and modification times. Finally, +rdiff-backup can operate in a bandwidth efficient manner over a pipe, like +rsync. Thus you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to securely back a hard drive +up to a remote location, and only the differences will be transmitted. |