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bcollect is a tool for backing up remote hosts to local directories. It
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can keep a defined number of copies for specific backup intervals to
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give you a backlog of available backups for restoring data.
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bcollect keeps its backups directly accessible as files and directories
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so you can search through them and access files with regular tools and
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just copy files back as needed.
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In order to save space, bcollect uses hardlinks between different
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instances of the same backed-up host so multiple backups don't take up
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the same space multiple times. Only files which are actually different
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between two backups actually occupy space. If the file has not been
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changed, a reference will be created to the original file.
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