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  1. keithmorris revised this gist Sep 3, 2014. 1 changed file with 0 additions and 17 deletions.
    17 changes: 0 additions & 17 deletions backup-excludes.txt
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    /.fseventsd
    /.vol
    /.DocumentRevisions-V100
    /.PKInstallSandboxManager
    /.Spotlight-V100
    .Trashes
    .Trash
    /.file
    /dev/*
    /proc/*
    /sys/*
    /tmp/*
    /run/*
    /mnt/*
    /media/*
    /lost+found
    /Volumes
  2. keithmorris created this gist Sep 3, 2014.
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    /.fseventsd
    /.vol
    /.DocumentRevisions-V100
    /.PKInstallSandboxManager
    /.Spotlight-V100
    .Trashes
    .Trash
    /.file
    /dev/*
    /proc/*
    /sys/*
    /tmp/*
    /run/*
    /mnt/*
    /media/*
    /lost+found
    /Volumes
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    #!/bin/bash
    src=/Users/kmorris
    backupPath=/Volumes/Backups/backups

    date=`date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H%M%S"`
    dirname=backup_$date
    excludeFile=/Users/kmorris/bin/backup-excludes.txt

    rsync -aAXPlv --exclude-from=$excludeFile --link-dest=$backupPath/latest $src $backupPath/$dirname
    rm -f $backupPath/latest
    ln -s $backupPath/$dirname $backupPath/latest