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See Archwiki:rsync and rsync(1) - Linux man page

System Backups

Create a script and add it to your crontab -e

Basic Backup

#!/bin/bash

TARGET_FOLDER=<your target for backup>
EXCLUSIONS='--exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"}'

sudo rsync -aAXq /  ${EXCLUSIONS} \ "${TARGET_FOLDER}"

Flags

-a archive mode
-A preserve ACLs (access control lists)
-X preserve extended attributes
-q quiet

Exclude

Add --exclude to your call.

Notes

Exclude typically uses a pattern. If you want to exclude from the root of the transfer, prepend /.
E.g
```
rclone --exclude "/project/node_modules" project /some/other/dir/
```
Add --exclude before --stats and --delete if you want it to work.

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 * <code>-X</code> preserve extended attributes
 * <code>-q</code> quiet
+==Exclude==
+Add <code>--exclude</code> to your call.
+;Notes
+* Exclude typically uses a pattern. If you want to exclude from the root of the transfer, prepend <code>/</code>.
+*: E.g <pre>rclone --exclude "/project/node_modules" project /some/other/dir/</pre>
+* Add <code>--exclude</code> before <code>--stats</code> and <code>--delete</code> if you want it to work.