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    Arrow RLB (Rsync Local Backup). An easy way to backup your system

    RLB
    This script is the result of wanting a simple backup solution.
    For this I needed an efficient way of running rsync for local backups.

    My idea was to keep it simple, hence using only bash & rsync.
    But also to log useful information so I could easily verify success.

    Usage
    Create the directories:
    /backup/dr/Backups
    /backup/dr/myscripts/

    Down load the script (rlbackup1script.sh) and exclusion file (rlbackup1exclude.txt).
    put both in /backup/dr/myscripts/
    Configure backup1script.sh see "Set-up" below

    At a terminal enter the command to get a root session:

    $ sudo -i

    Then run the script:

    # /backup/dr/myscripts/rlbackup1script.sh

    First time this will take a while, after that not so so long


    Set-up
    To change the defaults just open the script(rlbackup1script.sh) in gedit and update any of the 3 configuration values - that's it

    Code:
    SOURCE=/
    DESTPATH=/backup/dr/Backups
    EXCLUDEFILE=/backup/dr/myscripts/rlbackup1exclude.txt
    Details and Help follow:
    1. The source path (SOURCE)
    e.g
    /
    what do you want to backup?
    This example would backup the whole system.

    2. The destination path (DESTPATH)
    e.g
    /media/medion1/Backups
    Where do you want the backup to be saved to?
    This example would backup to my external USB hard drive.

    3. The exclude file path (EXCLUDEFILE)
    e.g
    /media/medion1/Backups/rlbackup1exclude.txt
    A file listing directories I don't want backed up (1 line per item).
    /home/*/.gvfs /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache home/*/.thumbnails
    /home2 /home3 /backup /backup2 /windows /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    /lost+found /media /mnt /proc /sys /tmp/ /var/run /var/lock

    __________________________________________________

    This script produces a log to help you confirm what has been backed-up etc..

    Here is an example RLB Log

    Code:
    /backup/dr/Backups
    /backup/dr/Backups
    
    rsync -ahvv --log-file=/backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-06_18-18-50-LOGFILE.txt --link-dest=/backup/dr/Backups/current-0 --exclude-from=/backup/dr/myscripts/rlbackup1exclude.txt --stats / /backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-06_18-18-50
    
    LINK: -File: `/backup/dr/Backups/current-0' -> `back-2008-09-06_18-12-34'
    EXTRACT0: -/backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-06_18-12-34
    LINK: -File: `/backup/dr/Backups/current-1' -> `back-2008-09-06_15-19-38'
    EXTRACT1: -/backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-06_15-19-38
    LINK: -File: `/backup/dr/Backups/current-2' -> `/backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-05_23-43-57'
    EXTRACT2: -/backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-05_23-43-57
    ============================================================
    
    Free Space on /backup/dr/Backups
    Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sdb1             459G  176G  260G  41% /backup
    
    ============================================================
    
    Backup started:
    
    Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:18:50 +0100
    
    Backup finished:
    
    Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:21:32 +0100
    
    ============================================================
    
    Free Space on /backup/dr/Backups
    Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sdb1             459G  176G  260G  41% /backup
    
    ============================================================
    
    Statistics
    
    Number of files: 541664
    Number of files transferred: 9
    Total file size: 36.32G bytes
    Total transferred file size: 5.81M bytes
    Literal data: 5.81M bytes
    Matched data: 0 bytes
    File list size: 13255164
    File list generation time: 113.077 seconds
    File list transfer time: 0.000 seconds
    Total bytes sent: 22.65M
    Total bytes received: 3.58M
    
    sent 22.65M bytes  received 3.58M bytes  161.42K bytes/sec
    total size is 36.32G  speedup is 1384.68
    
    
    Number of files transferred:9
    
    2008/09/06 18:20:46 [31266] >f..t...... home/sww/.glipper/history
    2008/09/06 18:20:46 [31266] >f..t...... home/sww/.wapi/shared_data-silver-Linux-x86_64-328-11-0
    2008/09/06 18:20:46 [31266] >f..t...... home/sww/.wapi/shared_fileshare-silver-Linux-x86_64-40-11-0
    2008/09/06 18:21:12 [31266] >f.st...... root/.recently-used.xbel
    2008/09/06 18:21:12 [31266] >f..t...... root/.gconf/apps/gedit-2/preferences/ui/statusbar/%gconf.xml
    2008/09/06 18:21:12 [31266] >f..t...... root/.gconfd/saved_state
    2008/09/06 18:21:12 [31266] >f.st...... root/.gnome2/gedit-metadata.xml
    2008/09/06 18:21:32 [31266] >f.st...... var/log/auth.log
    2008/09/06 18:21:32 [31266] >f.st...... var/log/syslog
    
    
    Number of Excludes:38
    
    [sender] hiding directory lost+found because of pattern /lost+found
    [sender] hiding directory home2 because of pattern /home2
    [sender] hiding directory windows because of pattern /windows
    [sender] hiding directory proc because of pattern /proc
    [sender] hiding directory home3 because of pattern /home3
    [sender] hiding directory backup because of pattern /backup
    [sender] hiding directory tmp because of pattern /tmp/
    [sender] hiding directory mnt because of pattern /mnt
    [sender] hiding directory sys because of pattern /sys
    [sender] hiding directory media because of pattern /media
    [sender] hiding directory backup2 because of pattern /backup2
    [sender] hiding directory home/sww/.thumbnails because of pattern home/*/.thumbnails
    [sender] hiding file home/sww/.gvfs because of pattern /home/*/.gvfs
    [sender] hiding directory home/sww/.mozilla/firefox/khgde814.Default User/Cache because of pattern /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
    [sender] hiding directory home/sww/.mozilla/firefox/khgde814 (4).Default User/Cache because of pattern /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
    [sender] hiding directory home/sww/.mozilla/firefox/khgde814 (font).Default User/Cache because of pattern /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
    [sender] hiding directory home/sww/.mozilla/firefox/khgde814 (3).Default User/Cache because of pattern /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
    [sender] hiding directory home/sww/.mozilla/firefox/khgde814 (config speedups done).Default User/Cache because of pattern /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
    [sender] hiding directory home/sww/.mozilla/firefox/khgde814 (2noLiveMarkBug).Default User/Cache because of pattern /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
    [sender] hiding directory home/sww/.mozilla/firefox/khgde814 (1disk.capacity).Default User/Cache because of pattern /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
    [sender] hiding directory home/sww/.mozilla/firefox/0rg5qtzf.clean/Cache because of pattern /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
    [sender] hiding directory home/sww/.mozilla/firefox/khgde814 (4 php).Default User/Cache because of pattern /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
    [sender] hiding directory home/sww/.mozilla/firefox/khgde814 (tabs right).Default User/Cache because of pattern /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
    [sender] hiding file lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile/wl.ko because of pattern /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    [sender] hiding file lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile/nvidia_new.ko because of pattern /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    [sender] hiding file lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile/nvidia_legacy.ko because of pattern /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    [sender] hiding file lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile/nvidia.ko because of pattern /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    [sender] hiding file lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile/fglrx.ko because of pattern /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    [sender] hiding file lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile/fcpci.ko because of pattern /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    [sender] hiding file lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile/fcdslusb2.ko because of pattern /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    [sender] hiding file lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile/fcdslusb.ko because of pattern /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    [sender] hiding file lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile/fcdslslusb.ko because of pattern /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    [sender] hiding file lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile/fcdslsl.ko because of pattern /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    [sender] hiding file lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile/fcdsl2.ko because of pattern /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    [sender] hiding file lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile/ath_hal.ko because of pattern /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    [sender] hiding file lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile/.mounted because of pattern /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    [sender] hiding directory var/lock because of pattern /var/lock
    [sender] hiding directory var/run because of pattern /var/run
    
    ============================================================
    
    Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:21:32 +0100
    
    Actual usage for the last 4 backups:
    36G    /backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-05_23-43-57
    556M    /backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-05_23-43-57
    496M    /backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-06_15-19-38
    228M    /backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-06_18-12-34
    196M    /backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-06_18-18-50
    37G    total
    
    Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:23:49 +0100
    
    
    Done.
    
    ============================================================
    
    Here are some useful bits of the log highlighted: 
    
    The actual rsync command the script ran.
    
    Code:
    rsync -ahvv --log-file=/backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-06_18-18-50-LOGFILE.txt --link-dest=/backup/dr/Backups/current-0 --exclude-from=/backup/dr/myscripts/rlbackup1exclude.txt --stats / /backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-06_18-18-50
    Statistics
    Code:
    Number of files: 541664
    Number of files transferred: 9
    Total file size: 36.32G bytes
    Total transferred file size: 5.81M bytes
    Literal data: 5.81M bytes
    Matched data: 0 bytes
    File list size: 13255164
    File list generation time: 113.077 seconds
    File list transfer time: 0.000 seconds
    Total bytes sent: 22.65M
    Total bytes received: 3.58M
    
    sent 22.65M bytes  received 3.58M bytes  161.42K bytes/sec
    total size is 36.32G  speedup is 1384.68
    Disk Usage
    Code:
    Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:21:32 +0100
    
    Actual usage for the last 4 backups:
    36G    /backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-05_23-43-57
    556M    /backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-05_23-43-57
    496M    /backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-06_15-19-38
    228M    /backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-06_18-12-34
    196M    /backup/dr/Backups/back-2008-09-06_18-18-50
    37G    total
    
    Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:23:49 +0100
    
    ============================================================
    __________________________________________________
    Deleting Backups:
    You can delete any backup without affecting others.
    If you delete the newest backup you will need to:
    Create a symbolic link to it called "current-0"
    If this isn't done rsync does a full backup - no hard-linking.

    Troubleshooting:
    Check the start of the log this gives the rsync command you ran.
    Investigate and see if the options and arguments are correct.
    Check how many files were transferred & which directories hidden.
    Check how much Free Space is detailed in the log.
    Run from a terminal to see any error messages (I run from a root terminal).


    Background
    While researching rsync and hard-linking I came across this article:
    "Time Machine for every Unix out there"
    http://blog.interlinked.org/tutorial...e_machine.html
    Like so many brilliant ideas it was deceptively simple, just 4 lines of code!
    The key insight was the way a link was created to point to the new backup.
    This link saved the previous directory name between runs of the script.
    This is essential to make backups efficiently by hard-linking.

    Also interesting is this article by mike rubel:
    "Easy Automated Snapshot-Style Backups with Linux and Rsync"
    http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/

    Also see rsnapshot http://www.rsnapshot.org/
    A business strength snapshot solution (depends on perl, logrotate & rsync).

    The bash script
    Code:
     #!/bin/bash
    
     # rlbackup
     # (Rsync Local Backup or RLB)
     # Based on 4 lines of code from "Time Machine for every Unix out there"
     # <http://blog.interlinked.org/tutorials/rsync_time_machine.html>
     # 
     # Just fill in the next 3 configuration values - that's it :)
    
     SOURCE=/
     DESTPATH=/backup/dr/Backups
     EXCLUDEFILE=/backup/dr/myscripts/rlbackup1exclude.txt
    
     # === Usage ===
     #
     #   0. Do not use spaces in any of the configuration values!
     #     e.g 
     #    This is OK:  DESTPATH=/media/medion1/disasterrecovery/Backups
     #
     #     This is NOT: DESTPATH=/media/medion1/disaster recovery/Back ups
     #                                                   ^             ^
     #     This is NOT: DESTPATH="/media/medion1/disasterrecovery/Back ups"
     #                                                                 ^
     #   1. The source path (SOURCE)
     #    e.g
     #    /
     #    what do you want to backup?
     #    This example would backup the whole system.
     #
     #   2. The destination path (DESTPATH)
     #    e.g
     #    /media/medion1/Backups
     #    Where do you want the backup to be saved to?
     #    This example would backup to my external USB hard drive.
     #
     #   3. The exclude file path (EXCLUDEFILE)
     #    e.g
     #    /media/medion1/Backups/rlbackup1exclude.txt
     #    A file listing directories I don't want backed up (1 line per item).
     #    /home/*/.gvfs /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache home/*/.thumbnails
     #    /home2 /home3 /backup /backup2 /windows /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
     #    /lost+found /media /mnt /proc /sys /tmp/ /var/run /var/lock 
    
     # === Preferences ===
     # You can leave these set to the defaults.
     #
     # If set to "0" this will list Apparent size of backup and actual usage.
     # If set to "4" this will list Actual usage for the last 4 backups.
     # If set to "9" this will list Actual usage for all backups.
     PREF_DISKUSAGE=4
    
     # If set to "1" this will list the size of each directory.
     # Does not add much time but adds a long list to the RLBLOG.
     PREF_DIRLIST=0
    
     # If set to "1" then open log in editor
     # Open Editor once backup complete, but continue processing the log.
     # NOTE: If you are using this script with crontab you may wish to set both to "0".
     PREF_POPUP1=0
    
     PREF_POPUP2=1
    
     # Set your text editor
     PREF_EDIT="gedit"
    
     
     # === Notes ===
     # This script is the result of wanting a simple backup solution.
     # For this I needed an efficient way of running rsync for local backups.
     #
     # My idea was to keep it simple, hence using only bash & rsync.
     # But also to log useful information so I could easily verify success.
     #
     # Logs:
     # Most of the useful information is written to RLBLOG which is quite small.
     # LOGFILE is rsync's own built in log (10x smaller than OUTPUTLOG). 
     # OUTPUTLOG is just that.
     # rlberror.log is only created if there are validation errors.
     #
     # Deleting Backups:
     # You can delete any backup without affecting others.
     # If you delete the newest backup you will need to:
     # Create a symbolic link to it called "current-0"
     # If this isn't done rsync does a full backup - no hard-linking.
     #
     # Troubleshooting:
     # Check the start of the log this gives the rsync command you ran.
     # Investigate and see if the options and arguments are correct.
     # Check how many files were transferred & which directories hidden.
     # Check how much Free Space is detailed in the log.
     # Run from a terminal to see any error messages (I run from a root terminal).
     #
     # While researching rsync and hard-linking I came across this article:
     # "Time Machine for every Unix out there" 
     # <http://blog.interlinked.org/tutorials/rsync_time_machine.html>
     # Like so many brilliant ideas it was deceptively simple, just 4 lines of code!
     # The key insight was the way a link was created to point to the new backup.
     # This link saved the previous directory name between runs of the script.
     # This is essential to make backups efficiently by hard-linking.
     #
     # Also interesting is this article by mike rubel:
     # "Easy Automated Snapshot-Style Backups with Linux and Rsync"
     # <http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/>
     # 
     # Also see rsnapshot <http://www.rsnapshot.org/>
     # A business strength snapshot solution (depends on perl, logrotate & rsync).
    
    
    
     # ===> No need to alter anything below this point <===
    
    
    
     # User input validation
     # Check if string is zero length and that directory or file exits.
     if [ -z $DESTPATH ] || [ ! -d $DESTPATH ] ; then
        echo -n "DESTPATH ERROR - "
        echo "Backup destination does not exist or you don't have permission!"
        date -R >> rlberror.log
        echo -n "DESTPATH ERROR - "
        echo "Backup destination does not exist or you don't have permission!" >> rlberror.log
        echo "Exiting..."
        exit 2
     fi
    
    
     if [ -z $SOURCE ] || [ ! -d $SOURCE ]; then
        echo -n "SOURCE ERROR - "
        echo "Backup source does not exist or you don't have permission!"
        date -R >> rlberror.log
        echo -n "SOURCE ERROR - "
        echo "Backup source does not exist or you don't have permission!" >> rlberror.log
        echo "Exiting..."
        exit 2
     fi
     
    
     if [ -z $EXCLUDEFILE ] || [ ! -r $EXCLUDEFILE ]; then
        echo -n "EXCLUDEFILE ERROR - "
        echo "Backup exclude file does not exist or you don't have permission!"
        date -R >> rlberror.log
        echo -n "EXCLUDEFILE ERROR - "
        echo "Backup exclude file does not exist or you don't have permission!" >> rlberror.log
        echo "Exiting..."
        exit 2
     fi
    
     # Build Backup Strings
     DATE=`date "+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S"`
     BACKUPNAME=$DESTPATH/back-$DATE
     OUTPUTLOG=$BACKUPNAME-OUTPUT.txt
     RLBLOG=$BACKUPNAME-RLBLOG.txt
     LOGFILE=$BACKUPNAME-LOGFILE.txt
     LINE="============================================================"
     
    
     # Build Options String.
     OPT_FLAGS=-ahvv
     OPT_LOGFILE=--log-file=$LOGFILE
     #OPT_DEL=--delete
     OPT_LINKDEST=--link-dest=$DESTPATH/current-0
     OPT_EXCLUDE=--exclude-from=$EXCLUDEFILE
     OPT_STATS=--stats
     
     OPT="$OPT_FLAGS $OPT_LOGFILE $OPT_DEL $OPT_LINKDEST $OPT_EXCLUDE $OPT_STATS"
    
     # Functions.
     print_dat()
     {
         echo >> $RLBLOG
         date -R >> $RLBLOG
         echo >> $RLBLOG
     }
    
     print_s()
     {
        info="$1"
         echo $info >> $RLBLOG
     }
    
     print_sn()
     {
        info="$1"
         echo -n $info >> $RLBLOG
     }
    
     getlinkinfo()
     {
        linfo="$1"
        LINKINFO="Nothing"
        TEMP_EXTRACT="Nothing"
        # could use readlink
        LINKINFO=$(stat $DESTPATH/$linfo | grep "$linfo")
        print_sn "LINK: -"
         print_s "$LINKINFO"
        TEMP_EXTRACT=`expr match "$LINKINFO" '.*\(back-....-..-.._..-..-..\)'`
     }
    
     # cd to main directory (mainly redundant).
     print_s $DESTPATH
     cd $DESTPATH
     pwd >> $RLBLOG
     
     # Save to RLBLOG the arguments and options you are running.
     print_s
     print_s "rsync $OPT $SOURCE $BACKUPNAME"
     print_s
    
     # Find last backup directory fron link.
     getlinkinfo "current-0"
     EXTRACT0=$DESTPATH/$TEMP_EXTRACT
     print_sn "EXTRACT0: -"
     print_s $EXTRACT0
    
     getlinkinfo "current-1"
     EXTRACT1=$DESTPATH/$TEMP_EXTRACT
     print_sn "EXTRACT1: -"
     print_s $EXTRACT1
    
     getlinkinfo "current-2"
     EXTRACT2=$DESTPATH/$TEMP_EXTRACT
     print_sn "EXTRACT2: -"
     print_s $EXTRACT2
    
     print_s $LINE
    
     # Save to RLBLOG the disk space before the backup.
     print_s
     print_s "Free Space on $DESTPATH"
     df -h $DESTPATH >> $RLBLOG
     print_s
     print_s $LINE
     
     print_s
     print_s "Backup started:"
     print_dat
    
     # The main rsync command
     rsync $OPT $SOURCE $BACKUPNAME > $OUTPUTLOG
     rm $DESTPATH/current-2
     mv $DESTPATH/current-1 $DESTPATH/current-2
     mv $DESTPATH/current-0 $DESTPATH/current-1
     ln -s back-$DATE $DESTPATH/current-0
    
     # Save to RLBLOG the time and disk space after the backup.
     print_s "Backup finished:"
     print_dat
     print_s $LINE
    
     print_s
     print_s "Free Space on $DESTPATH"
     df -h $DESTPATH >> $RLBLOG
     print_s
     print_s $LINE
    
     # Save to RLBLOG the tail of OUTPUTLOG & LOGFILE.
     print_s
     print_s "Statistics"
     tail -n15 $OUTPUTLOG >> $RLBLOG
     print_s
    
     #print_s
     #tail -v -n50 $LOGFILE >> $RLBLOG
     #print_s
    
     # Save to RLBLOG a grep of LOGFILE showing the files transferred.
     print_s
     print_sn "Number of files transferred:"
     grep -c '] >f' $LOGFILE >> $RLBLOG
     print_s
     grep '] >f' $LOGFILE >> $RLBLOG
     print_s
    
     # Save to RLBLOG a grep of OUTPUTLOG showing hidden directories.
     print_s
     print_sn "Number of Excludes:"
     grep -c '] hiding' $OUTPUTLOG >> $RLBLOG
     print_s
     grep '] hiding' $OUTPUTLOG >> $RLBLOG
     print_s
     print_s $LINE
    
     print_dat
    
     # View backup results but continue processing the rest of the log.
     if [ $PREF_POPUP1 -eq 1 ]; then
        print_s
         print_s "<======> backup has completed so view the results <======>"
        print_s "<======> ......continuing to process the log..... <======>"
        print_s
         $PREF_EDIT $RLBLOG &
     fi
    
    
         # Save to RLBLOG the Total size of 4 backups.
     if [ $PREF_DISKUSAGE -eq 4 ]; then
         print_s "Actual usage for the last 4 backups:"
         du -shc $EXTRACT2 $EXTRACT2 $EXTRACT1 $EXTRACT0 $BACKUPNAME >> $RLBLOG
         print_dat
    
         # Save to RLBLOG the Total size of all backups.
     elif [ $PREF_DISKUSAGE -eq 9 ]; then
         print_s "Actual usage for all backups:"
         du -shc back-* >> $RLBLOG
         print_dat
     else
        # Save to RLBLOG the Total size of this backup.
         print_s
         print_s "Apparent size of backup and actual usage:"
         du -shc $BACKUPNAME $BACKUPNAME >> $RLBLOG
         print_dat
     fi
     print_s $LINE
    
     # Save to RLBLOG the usage for each directory.
     if [ $PREF_DIRLIST -eq 1 ]; then
        print_dat
         print_s "Directory List"
         du -h $BACKUPNAME >> $RLBLOG
        print_dat
     fi
    
     # gzip the logs and move them into the backup folder (to keep things tidy).
     gzip -c $OUTPUTLOG > $OUTPUTLOG.gz
     gzip -c $LOGFILE > $LOGFILE.gz
     mv $OUTPUTLOG.gz $BACKUPNAME
     mv $LOGFILE.gz $BACKUPNAME
     
     # delete the original, uncompressed logs
     rm $OUTPUTLOG
     rm $LOGFILE
    
     print_s
     print_s "Done."
     mv $RLBLOG $BACKUPNAME
    
     # View backup results.
     if [ $PREF_POPUP2 -eq 1 ]; then
         $PREF_EDIT $BACKUPNAME/back-$DATE-RLBLOG.txt &
     fi
    An Example Exclude File

    Code:
    /home/*/.gvfs
    /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache
    home/*/.thumbnails
    /home2
    /home3
    /backup
    /backup2
    /windows
    /lib/modules/*/volatile/*
    /lost+found
    /media
    /mnt
    /proc
    /sys
    /tmp/
    /var/run
    /var/lock
    Tested on Ubuntu 8.04/8.10/9.04/9.10/10.04 64 bit.
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    Last edited by SilverWave; November 19th, 2010 at 11:41 PM. Reason: Updated Usage

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    Just a note to advise that this how to has been extensively revised for readability.
    Last edited by SilverWave; August 22nd, 2009 at 04:16 PM.

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    Re: RLBackup (Rsync Local Backup). An easy way to backup your system

    nice script, i was just about to write one, but i think i will be using this, saves me some time. thx.

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    Question Re: RLBackup (Rsync Local Backup). An easy way to backup your system

    Hi!

    When using the script I have got a "problem":

    I am using an external disk for my local backup with rsync, which I plug into the computer via usb. Then, I am the disk's "owner" but its group is root and I have no permissions to chgrp (not even sudoing the command). Hence, when running the script, the terminal window shows a huge number of messages such as

    rsync: chgrp "/media/TREKSTOR/bckp/elemmire/Backups/opt/back-2009-08-18_13-31-07/opt" failed: Operation not permitted (1)

    Is there any way to avoid it? Does it matter, by the way?

    Furthermore, at the beginning of the script's operation, it displays the following messages:

    stat: cannot stat `/media/TREKSTOR/bckp/elemmire/Backups/opt/current-0': No such file or directory
    stat: cannot stat `/media/TREKSTOR/bckp/elemmire/Backups/opt/current-1': No such file or directory
    stat: cannot stat `/media/TREKSTOR/bckp/elemmire/Backups/opt/current-2': No such file or directory
    --link-dest arg does not exist: /media/TREKSTOR/bckp/elemmire/Backups/opt/current-0

    Should I create those directories before running the script for the first time?

    Thanks a lot in advance,

    Nacho

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    Arrow Re: RLBackup (Rsync Local Backup). An easy way to backup your system

    Quote Originally Posted by nmayorga View Post
    Hi!

    When using the script I have got a "problem":

    I am using an external disk for my local backup with rsync, which I plug into the computer via usb. Then, I am the disk's "owner" but its group is root and I have no permissions to chgrp (not even sudoing the command). Hence, when running the script, the terminal window shows a huge number of messages such as

    rsync: chgrp "/media/TREKSTOR/bckp/elemmire/Backups/opt/back-2009-08-18_13-31-07/opt" failed: Operation not permitted (1)

    Is there any way to avoid it? Does it matter, by the way?
    At a terminal enter the command to get a root session:

    $ sudo -i

    Then run the script:

    # /backup/dr/myscripts/rlbackup1script.sh

    (Be aware that this way of using root is officially frowned upon).
    Last edited by SilverWave; August 22nd, 2009 at 04:13 PM.

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    Lightbulb Re: RLBackup (Rsync Local Backup). An easy way to backup your system

    Quote Originally Posted by nmayorga View Post
    Hi!
    Furthermore, at the beginning of the script's operation, it displays the following messages:

    stat: cannot stat `/media/TREKSTOR/bckp/elemmire/Backups/opt/current-0': No such file or directory
    stat: cannot stat `/media/TREKSTOR/bckp/elemmire/Backups/opt/current-1': No such file or directory
    stat: cannot stat `/media/TREKSTOR/bckp/elemmire/Backups/opt/current-2': No such file or directory
    --link-dest arg does not exist: /media/TREKSTOR/bckp/elemmire/Backups/opt/current-0

    Should I create those directories before running the script for the first time?

    Thanks a lot in advance,

    Nacho
    Hi

    current-0 is created after the 1st backup.
    current-1 is created after the 2nd backup.
    current-2 is created after the 3rd backup.

    Each time you backup they are renamed to link to the last 3 backups.

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    Re: RLBackup (Rsync Local Backup). An easy way to backup your system

    Thanks, I'm giving this a try right now.

    Edit : Just what the doctor ordered.
    Last edited by Mies; November 3rd, 2009 at 12:15 PM. Reason: Making a compliment.

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    Re: RLBackup (Rsync Local Backup). An easy way to backup your system

    Old thread I know, but I was wondering how you restore using this backup script. i.e. if I back up from / but only need to restore my boot partition or /home, how would I do that? I probably should have asked before I used the script and set up the cron job, but I figured better late then never.

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    Re: RLBackup (Rsync Local Backup). An easy way to backup your system

    Excellent script. I really like the logging features. There seems to be a problem with the --link-dest option in rsync, however. It is really slow, and makes the backup consume a lot of space on the destination disk, even if only a few files have changed. See the discussion at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1555647&page=4, especially my post on Nov 10th, where I compare RLBackup to a modified script using cp.

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    Arrow Re: RLBackup (Rsync Local Backup). An easy way to backup your system

    Quote Originally Posted by david.macquigg View Post
    Excellent script. I really like the logging features.
    Cheers glad you like it.

    Quote Originally Posted by david.macquigg View Post
    There seems to be a problem with the --link-dest option in rsync, however. It is really slow, and makes the backup consume a lot of space on the destination disk, even if only a few files have changed. See the discussion at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1555647&page=4, especially my post on Nov 10th, where I compare RLBackup to a modified script using cp.
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    I think you have a problem related to your drive

    e.g. its very slow for some reason.
    Last edited by SilverWave; November 20th, 2010 at 09:55 AM.

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