Using rsync to mimic the behavior of Apple’s Time Machine feature

rsync is one of the tools that have gradually infiltrated my day to day tool-box (aside Vim and Zsh).

Using rsync it’s very easy to mimic Mac OS X new feature called Time Machine. In this article I’ll show how to do it, but there is still a nice GUI missing – for those who like it shiny.

Full articles by Michael Jakl here:
Time Machine for every Unix out there
Followup article:
Addendum to “Time Machine for every Unix out there”

These articles are “oldie but goodies” from 2007 – if you know of a better way, leave a comment!