[ptspts]

Can you use rclone for incremental, content-deduplicated backups? Is it as easy as Duplicacy to use?

[kn0where]

I haven't used rclone, but `rsync --link-dest` lets you create an incremental snapshot using hard links so that you don't have duplicate files between snapshots. Wrap it in a shell script, and you have something surprisingly useful.

I won't link to my wrapper script because I don't want my HN account linked to my github/real name but this guy's work is what I based mine on: https://blog.interlinked.org/tutorials/rsync_time_machine.ht...

[ptspts]

rsync --link-dest can't do content deduplication, can't upload to the cloud and it's much more inconvenient to use for doing and managing backups than Duplicity, Duplicacy or Duplicati.

[stephenr]

> rsync snip can't upload to the cloud

First you have to settle on a definition for cloud before you get to make claims about what tools can or can’t do.

[ThatHNGuy]

rclone can!