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authorAbdelKarim Mateos <abkrim@users.noreply.github.com>2019-09-24 08:46:28 +0200
committerLaurent Cozic <laurent22@users.noreply.github.com>2019-09-24 07:46:28 +0100
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Doc: Update mount example to work on more systems (#147)
`0 */1 * * * if [[ -d /mnt/backup ]]; then rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup; fi` this is not valid for all sistems. Is not POSIX compilant. IMHO best soltuion is `if grep -qs /mnt/backup /proc/mounts; then rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup; fi` Best regards and thanks for your script.
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* To mimic Time Machine's behaviour, a cron script can be setup to backup at regular interval. For example, the following cron job checks if the drive "/mnt/backup" is currently connected and, if it is, starts the backup. It does this check every 1 hour.
0 */1 * * * if [[ -d /mnt/backup ]]; then rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup; fi
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+ 0 */1 * * * if grep -qs /mnt/backup /proc/mounts; then rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup; fi
## Backup expiration logic