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Originally Posted by eschwartz
I use rsync on linux -- though Windows tools like FreeFileSync would work as well -- to create a one-way "mirror" copy of my Calibre Libraries folder. The mirror copy goes in Dropbox, and the main libraries folder remains canonical no matter what.
Then Dropbox syncs the mirror, and if it becomes unhappy and eats my library in edit clashes, the synced backup is overwritten anyway.
A complete backup regime is actually more complicated, because it involves a rotating snapshots hardlinked setup à la Apple Time Machine, but this is the simple version. |
It seems I remember somebody posting something similar about using a link to point Dropbox to a local folder.
As far as backups go, I presently am keeping my Calibre library on Dropbox. After I add any books or update anything in Calibre, I back it up to a flash drive. My computer is also backed up (Dropbox included) every night to an external HD.