John
I use this as my backup:
function RsyncThem
{
echo now rsynch directories
#rsync -rvpt --delete /home /backup/
rsync -vlH -e ssh --times --perms --owner --group --recursive /home
/masterbackup/backup
rsync -vlH -e ssh --times --perms --owner --group --recursive /etc
/masterbackup/backup/etc/
}
this function is called by a sheel being run as root.
To answer your questions
1) no it does not verify the files copied
2) As you see I actually chose which directories to save, rather than what to
exclude. But your list seems reasonable
3) I just use 1 as it gives me enough information
4) Running as the root user, from the root cron, I backup every user in the
/home directory and all subdirectories, including the '.'
Hope this helps
Peter L
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> I've set up an initial use of rsync for making a mirror-type backup and
> I'd like some advice to improve it, please.
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> 1. Does rsync verify the copies it makes?
>
> 2. What non-user directories should I exclude? My initial command is:
>
> sudo rsync -azvv --delete --exclude=/tmp/
> --exclude=/home/john/Downloads/ --exclude=/home/john/GM2
> --exclude=/home/shareddocs/Downloads/
> --exclude=/home/evelyn/Downloads/ --exclude=proc/ --exclude=dev/
> --exclude=mnt/ --exclude=media/ --exclude=sys/ /
> '/media/john/Ubuntu Backup/Mirror-backup'
>
> 3. How many v's should I use, e.g -azv?
>
> 4. I (user john) couldn't copy the .thunderbird subdirectories of user
> evelyn. Why not? I ran with sudo and other items copied OK.
> Temporarily, I've changed their permissions.
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> Thanks in advance.
> John
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