Rsync backup with remote destination file creation

backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

_backup_serv="username@ip_address"
_backup_loc="/volume1/backups/example"
_current_date=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S')

if [[ $1 == "--backup-sys" ]]; then
	if [[ $2 == "--test" ]]; then
		rsync -aXv --delete --dry-run --rsync-path="mkdir -p $_backup_loc/$_current_date && rsync" --exclude="/media" --exclude="/mnt" --exclude="/proc" --exclude="/sys" --exclude="/var/lock/" --exclude="/var/lock/" --exclude="/var/run/" / $_backup_serv:$_backup_loc/$_current_date
	else
		echo "Unable to perform dry-run of rsync?"; exit
	fi
	rsync -aXv --delete --rsync-path="mkdir -p $_backup_loc/$_current_date && rsync" --exclude="/media" --exclude="/mnt" --exclude="/proc" --exclude="/sys" --exclude="/var/lock/" --exclude="/var/lock/" --exclude="/var/run/" / $_backup_serv:$_backup_loc/$_current_date
else
	echo "Unable to perform rsync backup."; exit
fi

Simple usage if you place in /usr/local/bin

ctl --backup-sys --test to perform a dry-run of rsync.
ctl --backup-sys to perform the rsync backup.

Don't forget to chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ctl or whatever filename you give it.