I am currently using Freefilesync Flatpak, but that app is not great at all. I dont want weird archives or anything, just to copy my filesystem to another drive.

Also, I want to mirror with the possibility to exclude folders. Mirroring means that the backup should be updated to look like my disk, including deletion of files.

I tested many tools in the Past and for some reason came back to FFS.

Best would be to have automatic backups once I plug in and decrypt the backup drive.

Thanks!

  • atzanteol
    81·
    1 year ago

    rsync is ubiquitous and the standard for this type of job.

    rsync -rav --delete --progress --exclude=ignore_dir source-dir user@host:remote_dir

    SSH is used to connect. Ownership, symlinks, etc. are preserved. Add more “excludes” to filter out more directories. Do your first run without " delete" to make sure things are going where you want.

    If you want “backups” I would suggest something more sophisticated. But for just cloning this is the way.