back Backup with rsync

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publication: Julho 15 2021 14:06
last update: Julho 15 2021 14:06

rsync for incremental backup

rsync -acH --exclude=$EXCLUDE --delete --link-dest=$LAST_BACKUP_DIR \
    $SOURCE_DIR/ $NEW_BACKUP_DIR

where

-a: archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X)
-c: skip based on checksum, not mod-time & size
-H: preserve hard links
--exclude: exclude files matching $EXCLUDE
--delete: delete extraneous files from dest dirs
--link-dest: hardlink to files in $LAST_BACKUP_DIR when unchanged

Script:

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#!/bin/sh
BACKUP_DIR="/mnt/backup"
mkdir -p $BACKUP_DIR
LAST_BACKUP_DIR="$BACKUP_DIR/latest"
SOURCE_DIR="/home/adriano"
NEW_BACKUP_DIR="$BACKUP_DIR/$(date '+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')"
rsync -acH --exclude=Downloads --exclude=.cache --delete \
    --link-dest=$LAST_BACKUP_DIR $SOURCE_DIR/ $NEW_BACKUP_DIR
rm -rf $LAST_BACKUP_DIR
ln -s $(basename $NEW_BACKUP_DIR) $BACKUP_DIR/latest

transfering files

rsync -zacH --rsync-path="sudo rsync" --link-dest=$BACKUP_DIR \
    user@remote_server:/mnt/backup/ $BACKUP_DIR

where

-z: compress file data during the transfer
-a: archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X)
-c: skip based on checksum, not mod-time & size
-H: preserve hard links
--rsync-path: specify the rsync to run on remote machine
--link-dest: hardlink to files in $BACKUP_DIR when unchanged

Notice the trick to call rsync using sudo in the remote machine in case you need it.

source: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-create-incremental-backups-using-rsync-on-linux

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