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| author | Laurent Cozic <laurent@pogopixels.com> | 2013-10-27 12:34:05 +0800 |
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| committer | Laurent Cozic <laurent@pogopixels.com> | 2013-10-27 12:34:05 +0800 |
| commit | a3cdd8640aae3a75fb26a4ca325c1fc2be361286 (patch) | |
| tree | f8321dc4005a58b8260740a22ee7c99c611cda20 /README.md | |
| parent | 405bdd9dc2089710ba7e90ef9ad5a93e698485e7 (diff) | |
Readme tweaks
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@@ -4,27 +4,25 @@ Time Machine style backup with rsync. Should work on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows # Installation - git clone https://github.com/laurent22/rsync-time-backup - -or download "rsync_tmbackup.sh". + git clone https://github.com/laurent22/rsync-time-backup # Usage - rsync_tmbackup.sh <source> <destination> [excluded-pattern-path] + rsync_tmbackup.sh <source> <destination> [excluded-pattern-path] ## Examples - - # Backup the home folder to backup_drive - - rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup_drive - - # Backup with exclusion list: - - $ rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup_drive excluded_patterns.txt - + + # Backup the home folder to backup_drive + + $ rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup_drive + + # Backup with exclusion list: + + $ rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup_drive excluded_patterns.txt + ## Exclude file -An optional exclude file can be provided as a third parameter. It should be compabible with the --exclude-from parameter of rsync. See [this tutorial] (https://sites.google.com/site/rsync2u/home/rsync-tutorial/the-exclude-from-option) for more information. +An optional exclude file can be provided as a third parameter. It should be compabible with the `--exclude-from` parameter of rsync. See [this tutorial] (https://sites.google.com/site/rsync2u/home/rsync-tutorial/the-exclude-from-option) for more information. # Features @@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ An optional exclude file can be provided as a third parameter. It should be comp * Resume feature - if a backup has failed or was interrupted, the tool will resume from there on the next backup. -* Exclude file - support for pattern-based exclusion via rsync --exclude-from parameter. +* Exclude file - support for pattern-based exclusion via the `--exclude-from` rsync parameter. * The application is one bash script that can be easily edited. |