[ 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 ] There are so many backup.1,backup.2,backup.3 ... files.Why? How did these files come? Did you create these 9 files in the external USB? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines