Thanks Nils, I've settled on SuperDuper/CCC + few free non-cloning dir/file syncing apps*... Which typically use rsync (or similar) as a backend and employ launchd + an in-house or other oss app for
Author: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:53:00 -0600
The big win for backuppc is that it will pool identical files even if found on different machines. If you only back up a single machine or don't have much duplication, other programs might serve you