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more examples int the docs: https://rdiff-backup.net/docs/examples.html
backup files
rdiff-backup --exclude /one/dir/to/exclude/ \
--exclude /another/dir/to/exclude \
--include /usr/share/doc \
--exclude /usr \
/home/eu/directory/to/backup \
/output/directory
show file available versions
rdiff-backup --list-increments /backup/path/to/file
files changed since
rdiff-backup --list-changed-since 1M /backup/path/to/dir
restore file
# now
rdiff-backup --restore-as-of now /path/to/file/in/backup
# 5 days agora
rdiff-backup --restore-as-of 5D /path/to/file/in/backup
delete backups older than
# older than 1 month
rdiff-backup --force --remove-older-than 1M /path/to/backup/
# remove all older backups except the last ten
rdiff-backup --force --remove-older-than 10B /path/to/backup/