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-====== Rsync Backup Script ======
-**General Information**
-This script backs up a home folder to a backup folder.
-It also creates a backup log, named after the timestamp that it runs.
-Lastly, it removes log files that were last modified more than 7 days ago.
-**Checklist**
-  * List of source folders to backup (/home/bill/ in this example)
-  * Storage mounted somewhere to backup to (/backups/ in this example)
-----
-===== The Script =====
-<code bash backuphome.sh>
-#!/bin/bash
-# Get Current Date/Time for syncLog's name
-CURRENTDATE=`date +%m%d%y_%T`
-# Backup Home folder (Exclude Backups,NAS,Storage,USB)
-rsync -ahv --exclude-from=/home/bill/excludes /home/bill /backups/ >> /home/bill/bin/rsync/syncLog_$CURRENTDATE 2>&1
-# Look in ~/bin/rsync/ and find log files from rsync backups that are
-#  older than 7 days.  Delete them. -ctime ignores fractional parts,
-#  so +7 equates to files at least 8 days ago
-find /home/bill/bin/rsync -name "syncLog_*" -type f -mtime +7 -delete
-</code>
-==== Call Backup Script with Cron ====
-) Edit your crontab:
-<code bash>
-crontab -e
-</code>
-) Schedule the script to be run every night at 11:00pm (for example)
-<code bash>
-# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
-# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').
-# m h  dom mon dow   command
-23 * * * /home/bill/scripts/backuphome.sh
-</code>