From bf86ae4c77fa6c6de544bfe630c6abc83b9d34ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Einhard Leichtfuß Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:16:45 +0200 Subject: Update/improve docs --- NOTES | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'NOTES') diff --git a/NOTES b/NOTES index cc84920..25b853c 100644 --- a/NOTES +++ b/NOTES @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ This is intended as a short, rather high-level, documentation. links between differently dated backups of that file tree to reduce space requirements while keeping the data in a simple form. - The destination file system is usually different to the on the source file + The destination file system is usually different to the one the source file tree resides on, in particular, it may be on a different host. The rsync(1) command line program serves as backend. Therefore, at least one of the source and destination need to be local. @@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ method. `- In particular though, the source file system needs to be writable. This problem may possibly be circumvented using bind mounts. + * Deleting regular files on the source file system does not free up space. + Corresponding files in /.backup may safely be deleted to mitigate this + problem. + # -- REMOTE METHOD CALLS -- # -- cgit v1.2.3