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Rsync automation

Here is a shell script that can be used for incremental backups:

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#!/bin/sh

#########################################################
# Script to do incremental rsync backups
# Adapted from script found on the rsync.samba.org
# Brian Hone 3/24/2002
# This script is freely distributed under the GPL
#########################################################

##################################
# Configure These Options
##################################

###################################
# mail address for status updates
#  - This is used to email you a status report
###################################
MAILADDR=your_mail_address_here

###################################
# HOSTNAME
#  - This is also used for reporting
###################################
HOSTNAME=your_hostname_here

###################################
# directory to backup
# - This is the path to the directory you want to archive
###################################
BACKUPDIR=directory_you_want_to_backup

###################################
# excludes file - contains one wildcard pattern per line of files to exclude
#  - This is a rsync exclude file.  See the rsync man page and/or the
#    example_exclude_file
###################################
EXCLUDES=example_exclude_file

###################################
# root directory to for backup stuff
###################################
ARCHIVEROOT=directory_to_backup_to

#########################################
# From here on out, you probably don't  #
#   want to change anything unless you  #
#   know what you're doing.             #
#########################################

# directory which holds our current datastore
CURRENT=main

# directory which we save incremental changes to
INCREMENTDIR=`date +%Y-%m-%d`

# options to pass to rsync
OPTIONS="--force --ignore-errors --delete --delete-excluded \
 --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES --backup --backup-dir=$ARCHIVEROOT/$INCREMENTDIR -av"

export PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin

# make sure our backup tree exists
install -d $ARCHIVEROOT/$CURRENT

# our actual rsyncing function
do_rsync()
{
   rsync $OPTIONS $BACKUPDIR $ARCHIVEROOT/$CURRENT
}

# our post rsync accounting function
do_accounting()
{
   echo "Backup Accounting for Day $INCREMENTDIR on $HOSTNAME:">/tmp/rsync_script_tmpfile
   echo >> /tmp/rsync_script_tmpfile
   echo "################################################">>/tmp/rsync_script_tmpfile
   du -s $ARCHIVEROOT/* >> /tmp/rsync_script_tmpfile
   echo "Mail $MAILADDR -s $HOSTNAME Backup Report < /tmp/rsync_script_tmpfile"
   Mail $MAILADDR -s $HOSTNAME Backup Report < /tmp/rsync_script_tmpfile
   echo "rm /tmp/rsync_script_tmpfile"
   rm /tmp/rsync_script_tmpfile
}

# some error handling and/or run our backup and accounting
if [ -f $EXCLUDES ]; then
	if [ -d $BACKUPDIR ]; then
		# now the actual transfer
		do_rsync && do_accounting
	else
		echo "cant find $BACKUPDIR"; exit
	fi
	else
		echo "cant find $EXCLUDES"; exit
fi

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