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Re:Python Port of 600 Line Bash Script: rsync-time-machine.p... by pwg on Saturday May 13, 2023 @09:21PM (#35934457)
The description sounds like it does largely the same job as rsnapshot (https://rsnapshot.org/). What does yours do differently from rsnapshot?
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Re:Python Port of 600 Line Bash Script: rsync-time-machine.p... by Gys on Saturday May 13, 2023 @09:38PM (#35934532)
Rsnapshot needs perl? Not available by default on all systems?
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Re:Python Port of 600 Line Bash Script: rsync-time-machine.p... by sgarland on Sunday May 14, 2023 @08:56AM (#35937603)
This needs Python 3.7. Which systems have Python 3.7 by default, but don't include Perl?
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