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rsnapshot on macOS

Install

Run the following:

brew install rsnapshot
sudo perl -MCPAN -e'install Lchown'

Configure

Put the following in /usr/local/etc/rsnapshot.conf:

# This file requires tabs between elements
cmd_rsync       /usr/local/bin/rsync    # brew install rsync
config_version  1.2
snapshot_root   /.snapshots/

retain  hourly  8
retain  daily   7
retain  weekly  4

verbose     1
loglevel    3
lockfile    /var/run/rsnapshot.pid

backup  /home/      localhost/
backup  /etc/       localhost/
backup  /usr/local/ localhost/

Automate

Put the following in root's crontab:

# minute | hour | day of month | month | day of week
3 * * * * /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot -v hourly
2 1 * * * /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot -v daily
1 1 * * 1 /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot -v weekly
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