Backup script for Mac OS X home directory by rsync

backup_homedir.sh

#!/bin/sh

CMDNAME=`basename $0`

while getopts n OPT
do
  case $OPT in
    "n" ) DRY_RUN="--dry-run" ;;
      * ) echo "Usage: $CMDNAME [-n]" 1>&2
          exit 1 ;;
  esac
done

SOURCE=${HOME}/
TARGET=/Volumes/BACKUP/TARGET

[[ ! -d $TARGET ]] && echo "Target directory does NOT exists." && exit 1

rsync -av --stats --delete-excluded --modify-window=1 $DRY_RUN \
--include "/.ssh/" \
--include "/.dotfiles/" \
--include "/Library/Keychains/*" \
--include "/Library/Application?Support/Adium?2.0/" \
--include "/Library/Application?Support/Cyberduck/" \
--include "/Library/Application?Support/GitHub?for?Mac/" \
--include "/Library/Application?Support/KeyRemap4MacBook/" \
--include "/Library/Application?Support/Postbox/" \
--include "/Library/Application?Support/Sequel?Pro/" \
--include "/Library/Application?Support/Skype/" \
--exclude "/.*" \
--exclude "/perl5/" \
--exclude "/Dropbox/" \
--exclude "/Pictures/" \
--exclude "/Movies/" \
--exclude "/Music/" \
--exclude "/Library/*/*" \
--exclude ".DS_Store" \
--exclude ".localized" \
${SOURCE} ${TARGET}

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