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poor man's backup script
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backup.bash
#!/bin/bash
while IFS=, read -r from to
do
echo copying from $from to $to
cp -vufr "$from" "$to" 2>> ~/cperrors.txt
done <<EOF
/home/myuser/important_files/,/media/myuser/externalHD/backup/important_files
/home/myuser/another_dir/,/media/myuser/externalHD/backup/another_dir
EOF
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