Backup-home

backup-home

#!/bin/bash
#
# Author:   Lyndell
# URL:      http://www.Lyndell.US/
# gist:     https://gist.github.com/6f864b63759153eee197.git
#           
#
# 
# Quick script to backup the home directory in \*nix environment to other servers.
# 
# Loop through multiple destrination.  Multiple destinations just in case
# one or more becomes unavailable.
# 
# INSTALLATION
# 
# Destination servers are listed  in `destlist.txt`.  Particular
# login details are saved in `ssh.conf` for easy access in the
# `for` loop.
# 
# Files to not backup in `exclude.txt`.
# 

set -x

VERBOSE="vv"
VERBOSE=""

if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ]]; then

  for I in `cat destlist.txt`
  do
    ## $I is one hostname in destination list.
    LOGFILE=~/Desktop/${I}.`date +%s`.log
    rsync -a${VERBOSE} -e "ssh "              \
          --log-file=${LOGFILE}        \
          --exclude-from=exclude.txt   \
          --delete                     \
          --delete-excluded            \
      ~/      ${I}:BACKUP/`hostname`
  done

else
        # Unknown.
        echo "Wow, that's a weird one.\n"
fi