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authorbescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109>2003-08-05 17:43:21 +0000
committerbescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109>2003-08-05 17:43:21 +0000
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Rephrased bits of first paragraph
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@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ rdiff-backup \- local/remote mirror and incremental backup
is a script, written in
.BR python (1)
that backs up one directory to another. The target directory ends up
-a exact copy (mirror) of the source directory, but extra reverse
-diffs are stored in the 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
-symlinks, special files, hardlinks, permissions, uid/gid ownership (if
-it is running as root), and modification times.
+a copy (mirror) 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 symlinks, special files, hardlinks, permissions,
+uid/gid ownership (if it is running as root), and modification times.
.B rdiff-backup
can also operate