Use --archive instead of --preserve to backup files

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Use --archive instead of --preserve to backup files #48

Closed nidamanx closed 4 years ago

imthenachoman commented 4 years ago

I've merged but I don't know if it matters much. Per my understanding, archive is the same as preserve plus recursive and don't follow sym-links. It shouldn't matter for any of the configuration files I mention. But I agree it is a good habbit to get into to use archive over preserve -- so thank you for the commit!