Update Readme.md to reflect remote pull method
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## Usage
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Usage: rsync_tmbackup.sh [OPTION]... <SOURCE> <[USER@HOST:]DESTINATION> [exclude-pattern-file]
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Usage: rsync_tmbackup.sh [OPTION]... <[USER@HOST:]SOURCE> <[USER@HOST:]DESTINATION> [exclude-pattern-file]
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Options
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-p, --port SSH port.
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rsync_tmbackup.sh -p 2222 /home user@example.com:/mnt/backup_drive
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* Backup from remote drive over SSH:
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rsync_tmbackup.shuser@example.com:/home /mnt/backup_drive
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* To mimic Time Machine's behaviour, a cron script can be setup to backup at regular interval. For example, the following cron job checks if the drive "/mnt/backup" is currently connected and, if it is, starts the backup. It does this check every 1 hour.
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0 */1 * * * if [[ -d /mnt/backup ]]; then rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup; fi
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* Backup to remote destinations over SSH.
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* Backup from remote destinations over SSH.
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* Files that haven't changed from one backup to the next are hard-linked to the previous backup so take very little extra space.
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* Safety check - the backup will only happen if the destination has explicitly been marked as a backup destination.
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