Re: Problem with rsync backup

I took a different approach to my backups.  I specify the directories that
i want to backup in an array (this is all in bash btw), then iterate over
each item in the array:

declare -a  sourcedir=( "/etc" "/usr/local" "/home" )
elements="${#sourcedir[*]}"
  for (( i = 0  ; i < $elements ; i++ ))
  do
  rsync -t -ruz --progress --delete --inplace --rsh="ssh -p $PORT -i
$SSH_KEY" ${sourcedir[$i]} $USERNAME@$HOST:$REMOTE_PATH
  done

I have an old script that demonstrates this:
https://github.com/meganerd/bash_scripts/blob/master/backup/BackupWrapper.sh

Hth,


On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Joe S <[email protected]> wrote:

> I Thought I was doing that with the filter rule:
> + /home/
> + /home/joe/
> - /home/*
> - /home/joe/.cache/
> + /root/
> + /boot/
> + /etc/
> + /usr/
> + /usr/local/
> - /usr/*
> - *
>
> I use that for backing up some of my home directories and files to a
> flash drive, but I have some mistake when trying to backup / to my
> external drive since it is also backing up other directories that I
> don't want as well as a loop. If I can't figure how to change this I'll
> try the exclude.
>
> On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 13:14:13 -0600
> Hendrik Schaink <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Make sure you exclude the mount point for your back-up drive, i.e.
> > --exclude=/media/root-backup
> > _OR_ adding it to the command-line argument
> > rsync $OPT --exclude=$TRG $SRC $TRG
> > or otherwise you this could create an infinite backup loop that tries
> > to backup the backup plus it's backup plus....
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Hendrik Schaink
> >
> >
> > On 15-08-14 11:53 AM, Joe S wrote:
> > > I am trying to backup my computer to an external drive using rsync.
> > >  From / to /media/root-backup
> > > The problem: rsync copies more directories than I want and it
> > > copies /media/root-backup multiple times.
> > >
> > > I have included my backup script and filter rule file.
> > > Hoping someone will see the mistake.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
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