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Esto pasa cuando tienes el respaldo, del respaldo, del respaldo... Y #rmlint viene al rescate

After having several troubles with #backuppc, which used to be my tried and true reliable backup server software, I am looking at other ways of doing things.

I have learned that #btrfs file system has features that include not taking up extra disk space when making a copy and that #rmlint can be run on a schedule to de-duplicate.

I think some scripting, cron and rsync on top of btrfs may be a more long term reliable solution to how I'd like to do backup than specialized software.

@10leej Hey, I know that you use and like #btrfs. I haven't used it yet, but am considering it as it may take up less storage space with its copy and de-duplicating abilities (paired with #rmlint)

What is the short list of reasons you like BTRFS ?

#rmlint is a filesystem junk cleaner.

rmlint is a simple tool that scans a directory or a set of files for duplicates, empty files/directories, orphaned files, and several other problematic things. After rmlint finishes scanning it creates a #JSON file and shell script which contains the to be removed files. Running the shell script deletes these files after confirmation.

Website 🔗️: https://rmlint.readthedocs.io/

apt 📦️: rmlint

#free #opensource #foss #fossmendations

tip: with -c sh:link it deduplicates at the file level; useful when you want to keep procrastinating cleaning up your mess, and just need some space #rmlint #data