Commit 0d9e1b4c authored by bescoto's avatar bescoto

Rephrased bits of first paragraph


git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup@377 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109
parent 27ed852c
...@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ rdiff-backup \- local/remote mirror and incremental backup ...@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ rdiff-backup \- local/remote mirror and incremental backup
is a script, written in is a script, written in
.BR python (1) .BR python (1)
that backs up one directory to another. The target directory ends up that backs up one directory to another. The target directory ends up
a exact copy (mirror) of the source directory, but extra reverse a copy (mirror) of the source directory, but extra reverse diffs are
diffs are stored in the target directory, so you can still recover stored in a special subdirectory of that target directory, so you can
files lost some time ago. The idea is to combine the best features of still recover files lost some time ago. The idea is to combine the
a mirror and an incremental backup. rdiff-backup also preserves best features of a mirror and an incremental backup. rdiff-backup
symlinks, special files, hardlinks, permissions, uid/gid ownership (if also preserves symlinks, special files, hardlinks, permissions,
it is running as root), and modification times. uid/gid ownership (if it is running as root), and modification times.
.B rdiff-backup .B rdiff-backup
can also operate can also operate
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