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author | bescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109> | 2003-08-05 17:43:21 +0000 |
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committer | bescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109> | 2003-08-05 17:43:21 +0000 |
commit | cc15e3f43a0d7f97e2a963822c2851623ffc1365 (patch) | |
tree | abafb8da62175711da38ae06c5f687cda10b3c14 /rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 | |
parent | 0ec35b93f6bdb43a505e41900484bbe312fa2aa9 (diff) | |
download | rdiff-backup-cc15e3f43a0d7f97e2a963822c2851623ffc1365.tar.gz |
Rephrased bits of first paragraph
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diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 index 280b7db..ad17e7a 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 +++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 @@ -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 |