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<p class="h1-center">Mirroring</p>
<p class="normal">This question has been in the FAQ since forever,
but people keep asking the same thing over and over again: "I want
to make a backup of a directory. I delete some file on the original
directory, but the program doesn't delete it from the destination".
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<p class="normal">Well, let me tell you: <font color="#FF00FF"><b>A
BACKUP PROGRAM IS NOT A MIRRORING PROGRAM</b></font>. And this
is a very dangerous feature to add for a backup program.</p>
<p class="normal">A backup is a ONE WAY copy. If you delete a file
as a mistake or if a virus destroy your data, you will EXPECT to
find your files in the destination.<font color="#FF00FF"><b> If you
implement a mirror, you'll find NOTHING there!</b></font></p>
<p class="normal">A mirror is just a TWO WAYS copy and is perfect
for other things, like maintaining two synchronized copies of some
folder, but this doesn't fit in a backup program.</p>
<p class="normal"><font color="#FF00FF"><b>Please DON'T write me
about adding this "feature" to the program because I'll just ignore
your letter. </b></font></p>
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