rsync-time-backup
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laurent22
Time Machine style backup with rsync.
This is mostly useful for smaller embedded Linux systems that may only have `dropbear`/`dbclient` installed, without needing to do a `sed` replace!
Would it be possible to specify how much space the backups will use? Say I only want them to us 70GB's. Would that be possible?
… by removing the hard coded SSH option to bypass `StrictHostKeyChecking` and the `UserKnownHostsFile`. Closes #104
The current script supports the `--exclude-from` rsync option but I'm finding I want to exclude most of a directory except for a few bits of configuration. For example data for...
--link-dest can be broken if latest backup is pruned becsaue its value is decided before pruning old backups. It can happen if for example you don't run your backup for...
The `--partial` option could perhaps be used to easily implement resumption. ``` --partial By default, rsync will delete any partially transferred file if the transfer is interrupted. In some circumstances...
I was backing up my `/Applications/` and `/Users/` folder so I had the following for my filter file: ``` + /Applications/*** + /Users/*** - /** ``` This worked great, but...
Original check whether previous backup to the same destination is still running does not work for linux. It is at the moment: ``` RUNNINGPID="$(fn_run_cmd "cat $INPROGRESS_FILE")" if [ "$RUNNINGPID" =...
Currently, the per-user directory is hardcoded to `~/.rsync_tmbackup/`. This issue calls for using location specified by $XDG_CONFIG_HOME instead. [freedesktop spec](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/config-spec/) and [basedir-spec ](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-0.6.html) Here's a preview : > $XDG_CONFIG_HOME defines...
I use cron job to hourly back up my folder ``` # m h dom mon dow command 11 * * * * rsync_tmbackup.sh -p 22 ~ root@remote-backup:~ ``` and...
