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2016 Jun 23
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rsync Digest, Vol 162, Issue 18
...c. In particular, our scripts prepare a target backup directory with a name of the form: slash.20151122.seq.1379.current - the name of the area being backed-up is obvious, as is the date. We use Tower of Hanoi management (see the update at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup_rotation_scheme#Tower_of_Hanoi), so embed a sequence number in the backup directory name, and the suffix .current to indicate a current backup target. we can keep on trying the rsync backups until we get success, and the scripts then remove the .current suffix. This works because the rsync includes the --delete option, use...