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Laurent Cozic
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@@ -4,27 +4,25 @@ Time Machine style backup with rsync. Should work on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows
# Installation # Installation
git clone https://github.com/laurent22/rsync-time-backup git clone https://github.com/laurent22/rsync-time-backup
or download "rsync_tmbackup.sh".
# Usage # Usage
rsync_tmbackup.sh <source> <destination> [excluded-pattern-path] rsync_tmbackup.sh <source> <destination> [excluded-pattern-path]
## Examples ## Examples
# Backup the home folder to backup_drive # Backup the home folder to backup_drive
rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup_drive $ rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup_drive
# Backup with exclusion list: # Backup with exclusion list:
$ rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup_drive excluded_patterns.txt $ rsync_tmbackup.sh /home /mnt/backup_drive excluded_patterns.txt
## Exclude file ## Exclude file
An optional exclude file can be provided as a third parameter. It should be compabible with the --exclude-from parameter of rsync. See [this tutorial] (https://sites.google.com/site/rsync2u/home/rsync-tutorial/the-exclude-from-option) for more information. An optional exclude file can be provided as a third parameter. It should be compabible with the `--exclude-from` parameter of rsync. See [this tutorial] (https://sites.google.com/site/rsync2u/home/rsync-tutorial/the-exclude-from-option) for more information.
# Features # Features
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* Resume feature - if a backup has failed or was interrupted, the tool will resume from there on the next backup. * Resume feature - if a backup has failed or was interrupted, the tool will resume from there on the next backup.
* Exclude file - support for pattern-based exclusion via rsync --exclude-from parameter. * Exclude file - support for pattern-based exclusion via the `--exclude-from` rsync parameter.
* The application is one bash script that can be easily edited. * The application is one bash script that can be easily edited.