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@@ -18,24 +18,24 @@ 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 - + ## Exclude file An optional exclude file can be provided as a third parameter. It should be compatible 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. @@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ To display the rsync options that are used for backup, run `./rsync_tmbackup.sh rsync_tmbackup --rsync-set-flags "--numeric-ids --links --hard-links --one-file-system --archive --no-perms --no-groups --itemize-changes" /src /dest -## Lock file - -The use of a lock-file is recommended for larger backups. [Flock(1)](https://github.com/discoteq/flock) is an easy way to get lock files and can be installed with Homebrew. Please refer to its GitHub page for more details. To use flock with the script, see this example: - - flock -n /tmp/rsync.lock sh -c 'bash rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup_drive' - # Features * Each backup is on its own folder named after the current timestamp. Files can be copied and restored directly, without any intermediate tool. |