digint / btrbk

Tool for creating snapshots and remote backups of btrfs subvolumes
https://digint.ch/btrbk/
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Contrib: Write to a file without rewriting constant parts #604

Open smurfix opened 3 weeks ago

smurfix commented 3 weeks ago

This little tool writes its standard input to a file.

It only rewrites blocks that actually change. This is very useful for keeping incremental backups small when the file in question is mostly-constant. Example: Backing up database tables that are append-only or change seldom (if ever).