backing up shadow files with rsync?

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On 02/16/2011 11:50 AM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:00:13 -0430
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> 
>> I'd just like to put in a word for rsnapshot, which has similar
>> properties.
> 
> Heck, I just use rsync with the --backup and --backup-dir options.

  Interesting - that essentially has same functionality as rsnapshot -
thanks for sharing and is presumably faster - but has the same drawbacks
versus rdiff-backup (which is slower for sure).