Hi Stephen,
I obviously didn't make myself clear enough.
I have one disk dedicated to backups.
This is the backup script my-rsync, which I put in /usr/local/bin:
#======================================================================
#! /bin/bash
# /usr/local/bin/my-rsync
#######################
# Backup Script
#######################
BACKUP_TO=/mnt/backup
EXCLUDE=/usr/local/bin/rsync-exclude
echo " Mounting boot partition..."
mount /boot -o ro
echo
echo " Mounting backup disk..."
mount $BACKUP_TO
sleep 4
echo
echo " Performing backup..."
echo
rsync --progress --delete -av --exclude-from=$EXCLUDE / \
$BACKUP_TO/rsync/
echo
echo " Unmounting boot and backup partitions..."
/bin/umount -l /boot
/bin/umount -l $BACKUP_TO
echo
echo " Spinning down backup disk..."
/sbin/hdparm -y /dev/hdc # spin down disk
#======================================================================
As root, I did:
chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/my-rsync
...to make the script executable
In the script you'll see "EXCLUDE=/usr/local/bin/rsync-exclude". This
means that you list all the files you want to exclude from the backup
in a file you create (I called mine rsync-exclude and put it in
/usr/local/bin). See `man rsync` for more information.
My /usr/local/bin/rsync-exclude looks like this:
#======================================================================
- /tmp/
- /var/lib/init.d/
- /mnt/backup/
- /mnt/cdrom/
- /mnt/floppy/
- /proc/
- /usr/portage/distfiles/
- /root/.ccache/
- /home/peter/.ccache/
#======================================================================
As Andrew Farmer suggested, you can use /etc/cron.daily to have it run
automatically. Before you do so, run it manually to make sure it works
for you, altering the mountpoint ($BACKUP_TO) and /dev/hdc in the "spin
down disk" part to suit your installation. My /etc/fstab entry for
$BACKUP_TO reads:
/dev/hdc1 /mnt/backup ext3 noauto,noatime,users 0 0
...so, like /boot, it's only mounted when needed.
When you are ready to add the backup script to cron.daily, become root
and do:
cp /usr/local/bin/my-rsync /etc/cron.daily/
Hope this helps you.
Peter
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