On 17 August 2010 02:53, Thomas Yao <t.yao426@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:37 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not sure if it's in an overlay, but I don't think it's in portage.
>
> Run eix -l backup and see how many back up tools and scripts pop up.
>
> I have been using tar, star and rsync. They all work and they can all make
> incremental back ups. You'll find that a lot of the other 'smart' back up
> applications are based on these anyway.

A disk archive utility called dar is a great staff to backup dir trees and files

Looks like the -A switch is exactly what I am looking for:

This way you can make a first full backup, then many differential backup,

each taking as reference the last backup made.

Thanks!

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