Tar: A slop-free alternative to rsync(drewdevault.com)
10 points by shscs911 16 hours ago | 9 comments
- t312227 15 hours agohello,
as always: imho (!)
tar is great, and well kown - but not particularly for "incremental backups over the net" ...
this is what rsync is/was for.
idk ... whatever the problem is with rsync, but apparently thats none of my business ;))
you could use, and which usage is very similar to rsync:
rclone
intro
* https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/4x-faster-network-fil...
and additionally its also faster than rsync ...
just my 0.02€
[-]- opan 12 hours ago>I had somehow pigeonholed it as "for cloud to local or vice-versa", and never considered it for local transfer, like over my own LAN.
Huh. Exact same thoughts here. I never used rclone because I don't use AWS or similar, just lots of bare metal on and off my LAN that I can ssh to. I am quite comfortable with rsync's quirks and args, so not sure I'll quit using it, but maybe I'll try rclone next time I do a massive transfer. Similarly I've been shown that ddrescue can act as a full dd replacement, but I'm so used to dd I still tend to use it.
- oompydoompy74 13 hours agoWhat a ridiculous position to take.[-]
- replooda 12 hours agoThe repo it links to presents their reasons for tracking and potentially avoiding LLM-supported projects; are all of those ridiculous? Is the technology's track record so amazing as to make the conclusion ridiculous? Or did you mean tar as a replacement to rsync, specifically?[-]
- oompydoompy74 9 hours agoYes and Yes and Yes. I’m not an AI maximalist, but this is an extreme position that I believe is, in fact, ridiculous.[-]
- replooda 9 hours agoYou find it ridiculous, you find it ridiculous. But saying it's "extreme" to avoid software and seek alternatives is just absurd.
- u1hcw9nx 16 hours agoDon't forget new GNU-format incremental backups.
-g, --listed-incremental=FILE - rurban 11 hours agoDrew is getting unbearable.
- g8oz 14 hours agoI would recommend rclone as an alternative to rsync over tar.