-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/03/2009 05:02 AM, GMS S wrote: > Will this command do the job for backup? > > rsync -vpa / /home/user/backup > > How would I exclude these files below: > > /lost+found > /media > /mnt > > and others which I do not need. > > And what is the compression lever by rsync (using -a option)? > > > > Here's my full-system rsync backup script. It goes to an external USB drive. #! /bin/sh cd /media/MyBookLX/sds-desk rm -fr backup.9 mv backup.8 backup.9 mv backup.7 backup.8 mv backup.6 backup.7 mv backup.5 backup.6 mv backup.4 backup.5 mv backup.3 backup.4 mv backup.2 backup.3 mv backup.1 backup.2 cp -al backup backup.1 touch /last_backup_ts rsync -va --exclude-from /usr/local/bin/do-backup-excludes --delete / /media/MyBookLX/sds-desk/backup/ The exclude list is /home/*/.gvfs/ /home/*/.google/ /home/*/.dbus/ /home/*/.fonts/ /proc /tmp /var/tmp /media /sys /dev - -- Steve -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkonEYIACgkQeERILVgMyvCQqQCfV/WADSIZrSdAgMeXxqjYsr6/ xuQAn23AzsdFxsMPEnnLHtEobCuxfuLx =WJx/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
