! /bin/bash
# Space-separated list of directories to back up; edit as needed
DIRS="/Users/myname/Work/"
# Options to pass to rsync; edit as needed
# "-E" = copies resource fork data
# "--delete" = destructive backup
# (i.e. if you delete a local file, it will be deleted
# on the server at next backup; keeps local+backup synchronized)
# "--update" = update only (don't overwrite newer versions of files)
OPTS="-E --delete --update"
# Backup destination. In this case, it is another hard disk on the same machine.
# Incidentally, it is DOS-formatted, irrelevant here.
# If you wish to back up to a server via ssh, change the line to something like
# BACKUPDIR="remoteusername@someserver.something:/path/to/backup/destination"
BACKUPDIR="remote.machine.usyd.edu.au:~/Work"
# ignore Mac droppings
EXCLUDES="--exclude .DS_Store --exclude .Trash --exclude Cache --exclude Caches"
# Build the actual command
# NOTE the specific path to the "special" version of rsync
COMMAND="rsync -rtzv $OPTS $EXCLUDES $DIRS $BACKUPDIR"
# Informative output
echo About to run:
echo $COMMAND
echo Please do not close this window until it is finished.
# DO IT!
$COMMAND
echo Done.
# the end.
