gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/sh

# from http://blog.interlinked.org/tutorials/rsync_time_machine.html
# T.Helleboid <t.helleboid@iariss.fr>

date=`date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S"`
BACKUPED_DIR=/home/chtitux/backup/
BACKUPED_HOST=hobbes.chtitux.org
BACKUPED_USER=chtitux

BACKUP_DIR=/home/chtitux/backups/

# -6 is for IPv6 ONLY
# $BACKUP_DIR/rsync-exclude has to exist
# RTFM rsync too ;)

rsync -6 --archive --one-file-system --hard-links \
  --human-readable --inplace --numeric-ids --delete \
  --partial --progress \
  --compress \
  --delete-excluded \
  --exclude-from=$BACKUP_DIR/rsync-exclude \
  --link-dest=$BACKUP_DIR/current \
  $USER@$BACKUPED_HOST:$BACKUPED_DIR $BACKUP_DIR/incomplete_back-$date \

mv $BACKUP_DIR/incomplete_back-$date $BACKUP_DIR/back-$date \
  && rm -f $BACKUP_DIR/current \
  && ln -s back-$date $BACKUP_DIR/current