Backup your linux system harddrive

backup.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Written by Lukas Himsel <lukas.himsel@web.de>
#
# -> backup your complete linux system <-
#
#  Variables:
#	BACKUP_DEVICE is the *mounted* harddrive for the backup
#	BACKUP_DATE is the actual date and it's used to create a folder
#	 with the actual date
#
#  Execute:
#	You can execute it as normal user with superuser rights (admin).
#
#  Dependencies:
#	Make sure you have installed `rsync`.
#	If not execute `apt-get install rsync` (on Debian, Ubuntu)
#	You also need the program `date`, integrated in the Coreutils...
#
#  Resources:
# 	See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Full_system_backup_with_rsync
#	 for more infos
#

# variables
BACKUP_DEVICE=/media/$USER/backup # please change the path so, that it points to your backup drive
BACKUP_DATE=`date "+%y.%m.%d-%H:%M"`

# make directory for snapshot
sudo mkdir $BACKUP_DEVICE/$BACKUP_DATE


# execute rsync to create the backup
cd
sudo rsync -aAXv --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found", "/home/*/.thumbnails/*", "/home/*/.cache/mozilla/*", "/home/*/.cache/chromium/*", "/home/*/.local/share/Trash/*"} / $BACKUP_DEVICE/$BACKUP_DATE