Rsync
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/
- E.g
- Add
--exclude
before--stats
and--delete
if you want it to work.
You can also use --exclude-from
and point to a text file list of exclusions.