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

[Eric Zolf]

Hi,

On 15/02/2023 23:09, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > Patch is only for text files, we're talking any kind of files, also binary
> > ones.
> Ahh, ok.  I am concerned almost exclusively with text files -- will patch let
> me retrieve old versions of text files?

Have a look at git, that sounds like a better approach to keep old 
versions of text files, and be able to retrieve them. But as I don't 
grok what you're exactly trying to do, my advice might be wrong.
> > Forget about rsync, this is confusing you.
> Probably.  But is something like rsync being used to transfer the data to the
> backup media, specifically if the backup media is connected to another
> computer?

Is the rdiff-backup protocol/API something like rsync? I don't know why 
you care so I can't answer this question properly.
Short answer: no.

KR, Eric