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sysbackup.sh
#!/bin/bash
mountpoint="${1-/media/debianbackup}"
sudo mount "${mountpoint}"
mount | grep "${mountpoint}" >/dev/null
if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]
then
sudo rsync -aAXv /* "${1-"${mountpoint}"}" --exclude={"${HOME}"/.cache,/dev/*,/proc/*,/sys/*,/tmp/*,/run/*,/mnt/*,"${mountpoint}",/media/cdrom0,/lost+found} --delete
echo "Unmounting "${mountpoint}""
sudo umount "${mountpoint}"
else
echo "ERROR : "${mountpoint}" can't be mounted. Aborting."
fi
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