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Old 03-22-2015, 11:54 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by peaceridge View Post
I keep a backup calibre library on an sd card. In order to back up my pc library to the sd card, I currently delete the library off the sd card and readd it from the main one. Is there a better way? I'd like to just add/merge new/changed ebooks to the backup - I don't even care if it still contains ebooks I deleted from the main library.
@peaceridge - look for a file synch tool, they do exactly what you want.

Options will vary on different OS's. I use GoodSynch (commercial payware) on Windows and *x, Free File Synch is rated highly, Time Machine is a built option on MAC, rsynch on Linux of you're into scripting.

For most tools keeping deleted folders/files is a configurable option.

Are SD's reliable enough as backup media? In my experience no - as always YMMV.

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