# \[Linux\] Simplest possible snapshot-style backups using rsync

DevFeed: [\[Linux\] Simplest possible snapshot-style backups using rsync](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/linux-simplest-possible-snapshot-style-backups-using-rsync-20554.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://yurichev.com/blog/bak/>)

Published: 2019-10-15T22:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dennis Yurichev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dennis-yurichev.md>)

Topics: [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [rsync](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rsync.md>), [Script](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/script.md>), [ransomware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ransomware.md>)

Tags: [backup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backup.md>), [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backups.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [ls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ls.md>), [malware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/malware.md>), [ransomware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ransomware.md>), [rsync](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rsync.md>), [script](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/script.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial for creating snapshot-style backups on Linux with rsync, hard links, and dated directories. It explains how snapshots preserve file history, conserve disk space by storing unchanged files only once, and allow older versions to remain available after deletion or ransomware encryption.

## Source excerpt

[Linux] Simplest possible snapshot-style backups using rsync