LinuxQuestions.org - Syncing your home directory on a USB Flash Drive

Hi!
I've been using rsync to do my backups for a while, since it is very easy and fast. Hope you can get some ideas from my backup script:

Code:

#!/bin/sh        

                                                                                            

# rsync options:                                                                                          

#  transfer files (t),                                                                                        

#  recurse directories(r)                                                                                    

#  work verboraly (v),                                                                                        

#  delete files on receiving site, if they not exist on sending site (-delete)                                

#  show progress (P)                                                                                          

#  compress during file transfer (z)    

#  max difference in time stamps is 2 sec (modify-window)                                                                  

#  safe links (as files when another file system / mount point)

RSYNC_OPT="-zrtv --delete --modify-window=2 --safe-links"



# source folder (where all my files that require backup are placed) 

LOCAL_SCR=/mnt/shared/



# remote folder (where my external usb-hdd is mounted prior to backup)

REMOTE_DST=/mnt/backup/



# run the program ;)

rsync $RSYNC_OPT $LOCAL_SCR $REMOTE_DST

As I use ext2fs at both sync-points, I don't care about the sym-links. I think, they are just omitted, when your destination is a fatfs, and file ownership data is not transferred either.

Sincerely,
Jarik