backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

#remote backup host
host=robert@192.168.55.22

#directory to store backups on $host
dir=/mnt/TB/basilius

#the name of todays backup folder.....
name=`date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M"`

#most recent folder modified in the remote backup store
prev_dirs=$(ssh $host "/bin/bash -c \"ls -At $dir\"" | head -n3)

#setup the hardlinking for the remote system
hardlinks=""
for file in $prev_dirs; do
  hardlinks="$hardlinks --link-dest=$dir/$file"
done

#     #archive implies:
#     --recursive \
#     --links \
#     --perms \
#     --times \
#     --owner \
#     --group \
#     --device \
#     --specials \
#     the old style....
#     --backup --backup-dir=.backup/$date --delete-after \

rsync --human-readable --progress --stats \
      --filter='merge rsync-filters.txt' \
      --archive \
      $hardlinks \
      --hard-links \
      --compress \
      ~/ $host:$dir/$name

echo Backup to $host:$dir/$name finished.
#mark the backup as completed
ssh $host "/bin/bash -c \"touch $dir/$name/.completed; ln -sf $dir/$name $dir/last-backup\""

ignore-file.txt

- .dropbox/*
- *.app
- Library/**
- .Trash/**
- .cpan/**
- .rvm/**
- */Documents/Virtual Machines.localized**
- Documents/Adobe/Premiere\ Pro*
- *.DS_Store
+ */.git/config
+ */.git/FETCH_HEAD
+ */.git/HEAD
+ */.git/ORIG_HEAD
+ */.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
- */.git/**
- *.gem
- *.vmdk
- */cache/*
- VirtualBox VMs/**/Snapshots/*
- Documents/eclipse-workspace/*
- .sbt/*
- Sites/davinci/uploads/*