From 2c9805b450cc4d0b67f22de55474428816a44d84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Utkarsh Upadhyay Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:20:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Fix minor typos in the README.md --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fe76560..973cec4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Time Machine style backup with rsync. Should work on Linux (tested), Mac OS X (t ## Exclude file -An optional exclude file can be provided as a third parameter. It should be compabible with the `--exclude-from` parameter of rsync. See [this tutorial] (https://sites.google.com/site/rsync2u/home/rsync-tutorial/the-exclude-from-option) for more information. +An optional exclude file can be provided as a third parameter. It should be compatible with the `--exclude-from` parameter of rsync. See [this tutorial] (https://sites.google.com/site/rsync2u/home/rsync-tutorial/the-exclude-from-option) for more information. # Features @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ An optional exclude file can be provided as a third parameter. It should be comp * Files that haven't changed from one backup to the next are hard-linked to the previous backup so take very little extra space. -* Safety check - the backup will only happen if the destination has explicitely been marked as a backup destination. +* Safety check - the backup will only happen if the destination has explicitly been marked as a backup destination. * Resume feature - if a backup has failed or was interrupted, the tool will resume from there on the next backup. From 64f7005ab7c4208bda27dae3bbceac56bec6dbc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laurent Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 02:05:10 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Update README.md Update compatibility. --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 973cec4..218c8e7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Rsync time backup -Time Machine style backup with rsync. Should work on Linux (tested), Mac OS X (tested) and Windows with Cygwin (not tested yet but feedback would be welcome). +Time Machine style backup with rsync. Should work on Linux, OS X and Windows with Cygwin. # Installation From 7265d26b0bca59a1b9e82e334ec5affae70012b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laurent Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 02:19:25 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Update README.md Clarify advantages/disadvantages --- README.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 218c8e7..655f385 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ # Rsync time backup -Time Machine style backup with rsync. Should work on Linux, OS X and Windows with Cygwin. +Time Machine style backup with rsync. Should work on Linux, OS X and Windows with Cygwin. The main advantage over Time Machine is the flexibility as it can backup from/to any filesystem and works on any platform. You can also backup, for example, to a Truecrypt drive without any problem. + +On OS X, it has a few disadvantages compared to Time Machine - in particular it doesn't auto-start when the backup drive is plugged (though it can be achieved using a launch agent), and no specific GUI is provided to restore files. Instead files can be restored by using any file explorer, including Finder, or the command line. # Installation From 1384fdfd1cb0f01e804d57b69ac1e28247511677 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Laurent Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 02:20:46 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 655f385..128cda6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Time Machine style backup with rsync. Should work on Linux, OS X and Windows with Cygwin. The main advantage over Time Machine is the flexibility as it can backup from/to any filesystem and works on any platform. You can also backup, for example, to a Truecrypt drive without any problem. -On OS X, it has a few disadvantages compared to Time Machine - in particular it doesn't auto-start when the backup drive is plugged (though it can be achieved using a launch agent), and no specific GUI is provided to restore files. Instead files can be restored by using any file explorer, including Finder, or the command line. +On OS X, it has a few disadvantages compared to Time Machine - in particular it doesn't auto-start when the backup drive is plugged (though it can be achieved using a launch agent), it requires some knowledge of the command line, and no specific GUI is provided to restore files. Instead files can be restored by using any file explorer, including Finder, or the command line. # Installation