rsync backup

[don fisher]

don fisher wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> 	I have lost the little thing I used to call for a backup of 
>> my linux. I was using rsync -avg /  exempt/media exempt/dev  . 
>> .. /media/disk-1, or something like that.
>>
>> 	I have looked at man rsync which is confusing, and tried 
>> Google but their info is trivial.
>>
>> 	Is anyone using something like this?
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>>
> 
> I have the following in a a script that backs up the entire disk to a 
> 500GB usb drive that I mount on /backup.
> 
> sudo nice --adjustment=10 rsync -rlpgouvtS --progress -v
> --delete --modify-window=1200 
> --exclude-from=/home/your_name/rsync-backup_exclude / /backup
> 
> The rsync-backup_exclude fike looks like:
> /proc/*
> /sys/*
> /dev/*
> /lost+found/*
> /var/log/lastlog
> /swapfile
> /usr2/*
> /usr3/*
> /tmp/*
> /net/*
> /mnt/*
> /cdrom/*
> 
> You probably don't have all of the same mount points that I do, so edit 
> to taste.
> 
> don
Sorry, but /backup is also in the rsync-backup_exclude file.

don
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