On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 10:22:20 +0000 (UTC)
Martin Gregorie  wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 04:00:00 +1200, Henri Derksen wrote:

> > But what happens when at the destination there is a file called
> > ProjectX, and on the source media it became a directory called
> > ProjectX, with several files more in them.
> >
> The next rsync run removes the file from the backup disk and backs up the
> directory and its contents. As you'd expect. rsync looks at dates, file

 Which leaves a tiny window for data loss, if the source drive goes
down between the old file being deleted and the directory contents getting
across you have lost both. If you're not making multiple backups then a
history preserving filesystem at both ends can be a data saver.

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