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# Back In Time

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From upstream:

  Back In Time is a comfortable and well-configurable graphical frontend (backintime-qt) for incremental backups using rsync, with a command-line version also available (backintime). Modified files are transferred, while unchanged files are linked to the new directory using rsync's hard link feature, saving storage space. Restoring is straightforward via file manager, command line or Back In Time itself.

## Installation

Install backintimeAUR for the GUI version or backintime-cliAUR for a CLI-only version.

## Usage

For the graphical interface (GUI) run backintime-qt. For the command line interface (CLI), run backintime.

For the GUI version two starters are installed in your desktop environment: Back In Time and Back In Time (root). The latter will start the GUI with root privileges (using pkexec(1)) and can be used to backup files other than the current user's own files in `/home`.

## Enable scheduling

The scheduling of backup jobs is realized using cron.

By default, no service are automatically enabled: you will need to enable the cron service relevant to the cron provider you have installed.

Back In Time will warn you, if `cron` is not available [1].

## See also

- Upstream project at Microsoft GitHub
- Known Problems and Workarounds (README.md)
- FAQ
  - Errors & Solutions
- Mailing list bit-dev
- User manual

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