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> > You may also want to use "--delete" so that your remote copy doesn't<br>
> > keep copies of deleted files forever.<br>
><br>
> Not using --delete has saved me a few times when I accidentally<br>
> deleted stuff I didn't mean to, and realized it a few weeks later. I<br>
> weed out cruft manually. And with 2 terabyte drives, I can keep old<br>
> stuff around.<br>
><br>
Me too. I don't need delete for safety. Better clean up manually.</p>
<p>Also its most likely the backup device is bigger than the internal drive. So when I run off space, just drop stuff on the laptop and a copy stay on your backups. That ease the decision on what to purge when you are maxed up on internal drive</p>
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