Rsync backup

This is the small script I use for online backups with rsync. This includes a one week rotating window. Prior days include only the files that changed, so each day does not take up the full amount of disk. The prior days' backups will appear complete because identical files are hard linked. There's about a hundred versions of this script on the Internet. This one isn't super fancy, but it's small and gets the job done.

crontab

To use this script add something similar to the following line to /etc/crontab:

   01 4 * * * backup /usr/bin/rsync_backup /media/shareddocs /home/backup

rsync_backup script

Click here to download: rsync_backup <include svncat src="file:///home/svn/src/shell/rsync_backup" highlight="sh" />

Ken's exclude.list file

My friend, Ken, uses this rsync exclude list.

### tmp ###
- **/tmp/**
### transient ###
- /proc/
- /mnt/
- /cdrom/
- /media/
- /sys/
- /var/run/
- /var/lock/
- /var/log/
- /var/tmp/
- /dev/
### config ###
- /etc/adjtime
- /etc/motd
- /etc/mtab
- /etc/resolv.conf
- /etc/lvm/.cache
- /var/lib/alsa/asound.state
- /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.*.leases
- /var/lib/urandom/
- /var/lib/urandom/random-seed
### apps ###
# firefox
- **/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/Cache/**
# bash
- .bash_history
# svn
- .svn/
- .svn/**
# vim
- .viminfo
- .*.swp
# X
+ .cache/sessions/
- .cache/sessions/**
- .xsession-errors
- .ICEauthority
- .serverauth.*
# less
- .lesshst
### backup ###
- *~