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Re:What I Would Do If I Ran Tarsnap by genwin on Thursday April 03, 2014 @05:00PM (#7526613)
I have a backup file there, so can confirm it does work for that purpose.
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Re:What I Would Do If I Ran Tarsnap by wglb on Thursday April 03, 2014 @05:21PM (#7526830)
Um, no.

Delete that file on one device, it is gone from all that share it.

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Re:What I Would Do If I Ran Tarsnap by dennisgorelik on Thursday April 03, 2014 @06:36PM (#7527513)
Dropbox preserves history of the file even after file was deleted.

Especially with Packrat feature.

https://www.dropbox.com/help/11/en

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Re:What I Would Do If I Ran Tarsnap by genwin on Thursday April 03, 2014 @07:36PM (#7527928)
Didn't know, thanks! Also didn't know that (from Dropbox help) "Your files are stored using 256-bit AES encryption". You have to trust them with the keys though.
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Re:What I Would Do If I Ran Tarsnap by genwin on Thursday April 03, 2014 @06:32PM (#7527486)
Put only a backup copy (not the source file) into Dropbox or Tarsnap. Don't delete the file on either system. Same boat.

Scripts can copy out from the Dropbox to both negate your issue and proliferate backup copies to many physical locations.

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