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Script to backup a folder (/share) and capture incremental changes since the last backup in a timestamp-named folder
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backup.sh
#!/bin/bash
ts=`date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S`
rsync -rtm --compare-dest=/mnt/usb1/backups/snapshot --modify-window=2 /share /mnt/usb1/backups/$ts
find /mnt/usb1/backups/$ts -type d -empty -delete
rsync -rt --delete --modify-window=2 /share /mnt/usb1/backups/snapshot
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