Backup Levels

The UNIX world has adopted the concept of numeric backup levels to describe which files are being saved in a given backup.

Level Meaning
0 Full backup of all files.
1 Backup of all files modified since the last time a level 0 backup was performed.
2 Backup of all files modified since the most recent level 1 backup.

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