Re: Using rsync to disk on the system being backed up?

[Robert Nichols]

On 2/15/23 10:35, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> I've googled enough to find out that rdiff at least in some circumstances uses
> rsync to minimize communication bandwidth.
>
> My question is this: if rdiff-backup is backing up to a disk (internal or
> external) on the machine being backed up, does it continue to use rsync?

When working over a network link, rdiff-backup works in a manner _like_ rsync. 
It doesn't actually use the rsync program. When backing up to a local disk, it 
of course accesses the disk directly.

OK, I suppose if you really wanted to simulate networked operation when working 
locally you could run:

    rdiff-backup backup {source directory} localhost::{archive directory}

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