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Incremental rsync backup script
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backuphome.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
SOURCE=/home/belst/
TARGET="backup:~/backup/home/belst/" # Trailing / is needed
TODAY=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
ssh backup mkdir -p "${TARGET#*:}${TODAY}"
rsync -avR --delete "${SOURCE}" "${TARGET}${TODAY}/" --link-dest="${TARGET#*:}last"
ssh backup ln -nsf "${TARGET#*:}${TODAY}" "${TARGET#*:}last"
exit 0
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