Rsync example: automated backup at home
Rsync example: automated backup at home
This script just creates a daily backup of Satya work in a ~satya/backup/ directory so he can retrieve any version from the last week. The last line does the rsync of her directory across the modem link to the host samba. Note that I am using the -C option which allows me to add entries to .cvsignore for stuff that doesn’t need to be backed up.
Here is the shell script code
#!/bin/sh
cd ~satya
{
echo
date
dest=~/backup/`date +%A`
mkdir $dest.new
find . -xdev -type f \( -mtime 0 -or -mtime 1 \) -exec cp -aPv "{}"
$dest.new \;
cnt=`find $dest.new -type f | wc -l`
if [ $cnt -gt 0 ]; then
rm -rf $dest
mv $dest.new $dest
fi
rm -rf $dest.new
rsync -Cavze ssh . samba:backup
} >> ~/backup/backup.log 2>&1
