time_machine.sh

#!/bin/sh

HOST=cdmwebs.homedns.org
SOURCE=/Users/chris
INCLUDE=/Users/chris/bin/include.txt
PATHTOBACKUP=/media/storage/backups/panthera
PIDFILE=/Users/chris/bin/rsync.pid

# No more changes.

if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
  echo "old rsync still running"
  exit
fi

date=`date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"`

touch $PIDFILE 

/opt/local/bin/rsync -avzPE --delete --link-dest=$PATHTOBACKUP/Latest/ \
        --include-from=$INCLUDE \
        $SOURCE/ $HOST:$PATHTOBACKUP/$date/

# Recreate the symlink
ssh $HOST "rm $PATHTOBACKUP/Latest && ln -s $date $PATHTOBACKUP/Latest"

rm $PIDFILE