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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ On macOS, it has a few disadvantages compared to Time Machine - in particular it ## Usage - Usage: rsync_tmbackup.sh [OPTION]... <SOURCE> <[USER@HOST:]DESTINATION> [exclude-pattern-file] + Usage: rsync_tmbackup.sh [OPTION]... <[USER@HOST:]SOURCE> <[USER@HOST:]DESTINATION> [exclude-pattern-file] Options -p, --port SSH port. @@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ On macOS, it has a few disadvantages compared to Time Machine - in particular it rsync_tmbackup.sh -p 2222 /home user@example.com:/mnt/backup_drive + +* Backup from remote drive over SSH: + + rsync_tmbackup.shuser@example.com:/home /mnt/backup_drive + * 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 @@ -70,6 +75,8 @@ To display the rsync options that are used for backup, run `./rsync_tmbackup.sh * Backup to remote destinations over SSH. +* Backup from remote destinations over SSH. + * Files that haven't changed from one backup to the next are hard-linked to the previous backup so take very little extra space. * Safety check - the backup will only happen if the destination has explicitly been marked as a backup destination. |