cubietruck_debian_backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

DEST_PATH="/media/your/external/mount/"

RELEASE=$(cat /etc/debian_version | python -c "import sys;print sys.stdin.read().split('/')[0]")
FILENAME="$(date +%Y-%m-%d) $(uname -nr) ${RELEASE} Backup.tar.lzma"
FILENAME=$(echo ${FILENAME} | tr " " "_")

DESTINATION=${DEST_PATH}${FILENAME}

EXCLUDE="
    --exclude=/dev/*
    --exclude=/proc/*
    --exclude=/sys/*
    --exclude=/media/*
    --exclude=/mnt/*
    --exclude=/run/*
    --exclude=/tmp/*
    --exclude=/lost+found/*
    --exclude=/var/cache/*
    --exclude=/var/lib/apt/lists/*dists*
    --exclude=/var/run/*
    --exclude=/var/tmp/*
    --exclude=/var/log/*
    --exclude=/.Trash*
    --exclude=*.tmp
    --exclude=*.pyc
"

set -x
sudo tar cvpfa ${DESTINATION} ${EXCLUDE} /