Incremental snapshot archives tar

Level-based incremental backups: snapshot.snar tracks state so only changed files are archived

tar -czg snapshot.snar -f backup-$(date +%F).tgz /data

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more tar all 3 commands →

Stream directory over SSH tar c -C /src . | ssh user@<host> 'tar x -C /dst' Archive with live progress tar cf - /data | pv -s $(du -sb /data | awk '{print $1}') | zstd -T0 > data.tar.zst