Thanks. I would like to have had this option several times in the past. Rod On 4 October 2017 at 08:58, Peter Reutemann <fracpete(a)waikato.ac.nz> wrote:

'TimeShift is a system restore tool for Linux. It provides functionality that is quite similar to the System Restore feature in Windows or the Time Machine tool in MacOS. TimeShift protects your system by making incremental snapshots of the file system manually or at regular automated intervals.

These snapshots can then be restored at a later point to undo all changes to the system and restore it to the previous state. Snapshots are made using rsync and hard-links and the tool shares common files amongst snapshots in order to save disk space'

-- source: http://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/timeshift-a-system- restore-utility-tool-review

Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/ _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug

On Wed, 4 Oct 2017 08:58:39 +1300, Peter Reutemann wrote:

'TimeShift is ... quite similar to ... the Time Machine tool in MacOS. ... Snapshots are made using rsync and hard-links and the tool shares common files amongst snapshots in order to save disk space'

No doubt using the --link-dest option in rsync. Which is better than playing fast and loose with the integrity of your file system, which is what Apple’s Time Machine does.