backup problem

[Thorny]

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:00:07 +0700, Robert Parker posted:

> That is not a backup it's a mirror. As a direct consequence of doing
> what you advocate above any accidental removal of a file from your
> source will remove it from your backup. That's hardly what is needed of
> a backup.
>
>
Strictly speaking you, I suppose, are correct, however, if you do it to
several different locations in rotation by date, it does look a lot more
like what many people think of as a proper backup scheme. In addition, one
need not use the delete flag or one might use the backup flag.