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'''Back In Time''' is a backup application for [[Linux]]. It has versions that integrate favorably in [[Gnome]] and [[KDE 4]] and is availabeavailable directly from the [[repositories]] of many [[Linux distributions]]. Released under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL), it is [[free software]].

Back In Time uses [[rsync]] as backend and has the characteristic feature of using [[hard link]]s for files which are identical in snapshots at different times, thus using disk space just once for files that remained unchanged. It is possible to use several backup profiles, e.g. for backups on different hard disks and also to create schedules. [[Symbolic link]]s can be backuped, both absolute and relative ones, but hard links cannot be treated as such due to the used backup method.