rsync backup
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Tue Aug 7 11:13:11 UTC 2007
Luciano Rocha wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 04:43:56AM -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>> Here is the most basic use of rsync to perform backup of your computer.
>> This is very easy to understand and that is why I did it. Below is a bash
>> file that calls rsync with the -avg filters and it sets up the things to be
>> backed up. I stopped backing up /sys because it has some things that do not
>> want to be copied.
>>
>> # This is the rsync bash file for root
>>
>> rsync -avg /home/ /media/disk/
>
> -g is already included with -a.
>
>> # rsync -avg /sys /media/disk/
> /sys is dynamically created by the kernel, like /proc. Ignore it.
>
> Attached I send the script that I use for backups. It uses the
> --link-dest option of rsync to keep the last 15 backups.
>
>
I am weak on bash script but will keep your script and try to
understand how it works. I am interested in why you keep the last 15
incremental backups in files away from the main backup.
--
Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
Linux User
#450462 http://counter.li.org.
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