Introduction¶

Back In Time is a backup solution for GNU/Linux desktops. It is based on
rsync and uses hard links to reduce space used for unchanged files. It comes
with a graphical user interface (GUI) and a command line interface (CLI).
Backups are stored in plain text. They can be browsed with a normal
file-browser or in terminal which makes it possible to restore files even
without Back In Time. Files ownership, group and permissions are stored in a
separate compressed plain text file (fileinfo.bz2). If the backup drive does
not support permissions Back In Time will restore permissions from
fileinfo.bz2. So if you restore files without Back In Time, permissions
could get lost.