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--- en:linux:backup:full-rsync [2012/06/14 00:06] – alex
+++ en:linux:backup:full-rsync [2020/04/29 06:04] (current) – [backup-system] alex
@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
   * ''target'' : system to back up, must be set to output of ''uname -n''.  Used as a sanity check.
   * ''source_dir'' : source directory.  Set to ''/'' for full system backup.
-  * ''target_dir'' : target directory.  Set to the mountpoint of an external hard drive.  Note: make sure that ''target_dir'' or a parent is included in ''exclude_dir'' otherwise rsync will recurse and your hard drive will get filled up completely.
+  * ''target_dir'' : target directory.  Set to the mountpoint of an external hard drive or a remote server.  Note: make sure that ''target_dir'' or a parent is included in ''exclude_dir'' otherwise rsync will recurse and your hard drive will get filled up completely.
   * ''exclude_dir'' : excluded directories.  Set these to temporary directories and other things you don't want backed up.
   * ''include_dir'' : included directories.  Subfolders of excluded directories to include.
-If you want to use this script with a remote host, change flags to
+If you want to use this script with a remote host where the target user is not root, change flags to
 <code>
-flags="-avPse ssh --delete --rsync-path=\"rsync --fake-super\""
+flags=(-avPse ssh --delete --ignore-errors --rsync-path="rsync --fake-super")
 </code>
@@ Line 20: / Line 20: @@
 ====== backup-system ======
-<code sh>
+<code bash>
 #!/bin/bash
 set -f
-hostname=$(uname -n)
+hostname=$(hostname -s)
 target="my-hostname"
 source_dir="/"
 target_dir="/media/external-hard-drive/$target/"
-exclude_dir="*/.gvfs /media /run/media /sys /dev /proc /mnt /tmp pagefile.sys hiberfil.sys /home/*/.cache .mozilla/firefox/*/Cache .Trash-1000"
+exclude_dir=(*/.gvfs /media /run/media /sys /dev /proc /mnt /tmp pagefile.sys hiberfil.sys /home/*/.cache .mozilla/firefox/*/Cache .Trash-1000)
-include_dir="/mnt/linux-data/opt /mnt/data"
+include_dir=(/mnt/linux-data/opt /mnt/data)
-flags="-avP --delete"
+flags=(-avPAX --delete --ignore-errors)
 if [ -n "$target" ] ; then
@@ Line 40: / Line 40: @@
 fi
-include=""
+include=()
 # process include directories
-for d in $include_dir
+for d in "${include_dir[@]}"
 do
   found=0
   dir=""
-  exc_dir=""
+  shortest_parent="/"
-  shortest_parent=""
+  echo include_dir $d
   # Need to deal with rsync idiosyncracies
   # by including excluded directories
@@ Line 55: / Line 56: @@
   # Removes matches to the include directory
   # and finds the shortest parent path
-  for d2 in $exclude_dir
+  for d2 in "${exclude_dir[@]}"
   do
+    echo exclude_dir $d2
     if [[ $d = $d2* ]]; then
       found=1
-      if [[ -z "$shortest_parent" ]]; then
+      if [[ "$shortest_parent" == "/" ]]; then
         shortest_parent=$d2
       else
@@ Line 67: / Line 70: @@
         fi
       fi
-    else
-      exc_dir="$exc_dir $d2"
     fi
+    echo shortest_parent $shortest_parent
   done
   if [[ $found ]]; then
-    exclude_dir=$exc_dir
+    path=$(dirname "$d")
-    path=`dirname "$d"`
     while [[ "$path" != "/" ]]; do
-      exclude_dir="$exclude_dir $path/*"
+      exclude_dir+=("$path/*")
-      #include_dir="$include_dir $path"
+      include+=("--include=$path")
-      include="$include --include $path"
+      if [[ "$path" == "$shortest_parent" ]]; then
-      path=`dirname "$path"`
+        break
+      fi
+      path=$(dirname "$path")
     done
   fi
-  include="$include --include $d"
+  include+=("--include=$d")
 done
-exclude=""
+exclude=()
-for d in $exclude_dir
+for d in "${exclude_dir[@]}"
 do
-  exclude="$exclude --exclude $d"
+  exclude+=("--exclude=$d")
 done
-sudo -E rsync $flags $include $exclude "$source_dir" "$target_dir"
+sudo -E rsync "${flags[@]}" "${include[@]}" "${exclude[@]}" "$source_dir" "$target_dir"
 </code>