rsync backup

[Karl Larsen]

Luciano Rocha wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 04:43:56AM -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>  	Here is the most basic use of rsync to perform backup of your computer. 
>>  This is very easy to understand and that is why I did it. Below is a bash 
>>  file that calls rsync with the -avg filters and it sets up the things to be 
>>  backed up. I stopped backing up /sys because it has some things that do not 
>>  want to be copied.
>>
>>  # This is the rsync bash file for root
>>
>>  rsync -avg /home/ /media/disk/
> 
> -g is already included with -a.
> 
>>  # rsync -avg /sys /media/disk/
> /sys is dynamically created by the kernel, like /proc. Ignore it.
> 
> Attached I send the script that I use for backups. It uses the
> --link-dest option of rsync to keep the last 15 backups.
> 
> 
	I am weak on bash script but will keep your script and try to 
understand how it works. I am interested in why you keep the last 15 
incremental backups in files away from the main backup.

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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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