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Hello!

I am looking for a data backup solution. I have a large external USB HDD formatted in NTFS and would like my data to be copied there. I would like them to be saved as a single file, which will be compressed and encrypted. The archive format is indifferent to me, so it can be tar, rar, zip, 7z etc. It seemed to me that the tool I need is rsync, but it appears that compression and encryption only occur in it for the duration of the transfer, and I want the final backup stored in encrypted and compressed form. Ideally, for the computer's resources, it would be best if the backup could be incremental, so only copying the part that has changed since the previous backup.

Is this possible?

There are quite a few backup apps available for backups, I have been using Pika Backup which is in flatpack format mainly to backup dot files and some docs and it's been working great no issues. I suggest you try it in flatpak so its easy to remove it if you changed your mind.
https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.World.PikaBackup

You can install the 0.6.2 with 2 clicks from "MX Package Installer" - "Flatpaks" tab :)

Sorry for complaining, but it wanted to download much more than 1 GB of binaries - probably half of GNOME is included there. I think it's like going from Europe to America through Neptune on the way.

Is there something more simple? I mean .sh script or a terminal command like below?

This is not what you ask, but in fact .7z can encrypt , uses even AES, also can add/remove files to/from archive... But that's just for simple things ...

It's what I use..., but I was sure that there must be more dedicated tools than this very good archiver.

Thank you for your support!