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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Rsync better use for backup Post 302788461 by hanson44 on Monday 1st of April 2013 11:01:36 PM

04-02-2013

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You're suggesting to maintain two separate working copies of a bunch of files, and keep them synced. I don't do that. So I'm reluctant to advise on this. If things didn't work correctly, it could be a big mess.

I always have just one working copy of everything, and I always access and work on that one copy. I think it's safer to just have one working copy. I back up that one copy in multiple ways to make sure it is not lost, and that I can retrieve a previous version if needed.

I think the only person who could advise you would be someone who keeps two working copies of everything, as you want to do.

Is there any chance you might just keep the files on the remote computer, and access them from your laptop?

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