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Comment by graemep

3 hours ago

What if that happens after your monthly creation of a new backup.

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bnegreve  2 hours ago

I keep the previous backup for one month and then delete it. So eventually the file is lost yes, but this is inevitable if you assume finite amount of storage.

  • graemep  10 minutes ago

    In that case I think its a good system. Its very similar to an incremental backup in what it achieves.

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