On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:10:12 +0100 "Zacharie Elcor" <zelcor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Does it make sense to rsync the entire file system ? I rsync to a usb disk for my primary backups. Of particular use is the --backup-dir option I can use it to keep older copies of files in backup directories separate from the main rsync mirror. That way I can find the copy of the file from a few days ago as well as the most recent version.