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@@ -18,23 +18,23 @@ On OS X, it has a few disadvantages compared to Time Machine - in particular it * Backup the home folder to backup_drive - rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup_drive + rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup_drive * Backup with exclusion list: - rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup_drive excluded_patterns.txt + rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup_drive excluded_patterns.txt * Backup to remote drive over SSH, on port 2222: - rsync_tmbackup.sh -p 2222 /home user@example.com:/mnt/backup_drive + rsync_tmbackup.sh -p 2222 /home user@example.com:/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 + 0 */1 * * * if [[ -d /mnt/backup ]]; then rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup; fi * The use `flock` is recommended so that only one instance of the script runs at a given time: - flock -n /tmp/rsync_tmbackup.lock rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup + flock -n /tmp/rsync_tmbackup.lock rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup ## Exclude file @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ An optional exclude file can be provided as a third parameter. It should be comp To display the rsync options that are used for backup, run `./rsync_tmbackup.sh --rsync-get-flags`. It is also possible to add or remove options using the `--rsync-set-flags` option. For example, to exclude backing up permissions and groups: - rsync_tmbackup --rsync-set-flags "--numeric-ids --links --hard-links --one-file-system --archive --no-perms --no-groups --itemize-changes" /src /dest + rsync_tmbackup --rsync-set-flags "--numeric-ids --links --hard-links \ + --one-file-system --archive --no-perms --no-groups --itemize-changes" /src /dest # Features |