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README: clarify what "resuming backups" means
There was some confusion about it, see the discussion in https://github.com/digint/btrbk/issues/196pull/467/head
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* Flexible retention policy
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* Flexible retention policy
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* Backups to multiple destinations
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* Backups to multiple destinations
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* Transfer via ssh
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* Transfer via ssh
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* Resume backups (for removable and mobile devices)
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* Robust recovery from interrupted backups (for removable and mobile
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devices, also see note below)
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* Archive to offline storage
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* Archive to offline storage
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* Encrypted backups to non-btrfs storage
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* Encrypted backups to non-btrfs storage
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* Wildcard subvolumes (useful for docker and lxc containers)
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* Wildcard subvolumes (useful for docker and lxc containers)
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snapshots and backups, as well as from the command line (e.g. for
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snapshots and backups, as well as from the command line (e.g. for
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instantly creating additional snapshots).
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instantly creating additional snapshots).
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Note that when btrbk is interrupted during the backup of snapshots
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to/from a remote host, it is able to recover from it and will only
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transfer the outstanding snapshots that failed to transfer successfully
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in the previous interrupted run. However, individual snapshot transfers
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will have to be restarted from the beginning, since resuming an
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interrupted send/receive process is currently not possible in btrfs.
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Therefore, btrbk might not be the best solution for scenarios where
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large amounts of data (either the initial snapshot or big changes
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between snapshots) have to be send over an unstable connection (e.g. bad
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wireless connectivity).
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Installation
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Installation
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