Rsync Backup Script

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#!/bin/bash

# Destination host machine name
DEST="beta.grahamg.org"

# User that rsync will connect as
# Are you sure that you want to run as root, though?
USER="remote_backup"

# Directory to copy from on the source machine.
BACKDIR="/home/"

# Directory to copy to on the destination machine.
DESTDIR="/home/remote_backup/"

# excludes file - Contains wildcard patterns of files to exclude.
# i.e., *~, *.bak, etc.  One "pattern" per line.
# You must create this file.
# EXCLUDES=/root/bin/excludes

# Options.
# -n Don't do any copying, but display what rsync *would* copy. For testing.
# -a Archive. Mainly propogate file permissions, ownership, timestamp, etc.
# -u Update. Don't copy file if file on destination is newer.
# -v Verbose -vv More verbose. -vvv Even more verbose.
# See man rsync for other options.

# For testing.  Only displays what rsync *would* do and does no actual copying.
#OPTS="-n -vv -u -a --rsh=ssh --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES --stats --progress"
# Does copy, but still gives a verbose display of what it is doing
#OPTS="-v -u -a --rsh=ssh --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES --stats"
# Copies and does no display at all.
#OPTS="--archive --update --rsh=ssh --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES --quiet"
# This is the default option string that normally gets used. The above $OPTS are examples.
OPTS="-v -u -a --rsh=ssh --progress --stats --exclude 'cpeasyapache' --exclude 'tmp' --exclude 'MySQL-install'"

# May be needed if run by cron?
export PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin

# Only run rsync if $DEST responds.
VAR=`ping -s 1 -c 1 $DEST > /dev/null; echo $?`
if [ $VAR -eq 0 ]; then
    rsync $OPTS $BACKDIR $USER@$DEST:$DESTDIR
else
    echo "Cannot connect to $DEST."
fi