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One line file backup script
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backup.sh
#!/bin/bash
SOURCE_DIR=/home/niklas/
TARGET_DIR=/media/Backup/FileBackup
EXCLUDE_FILE=/home/niklas/rsync_excludelist
rsync -avP --exclude-from=${EXCLUDE_FILE} --delete-excluded --delete --stats ${SOURCE_DIR} ${TARGET_DIR}
# add log entry to target dir
LOGFILE="$TARGET_DIR/backup_log"
DATE=$(date)
echo "Last backup on $DATE" >> $LOGFILE
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Obviously you have to adjust the paths...

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