Incremental Timestamped Local Backup
BASH, Backup, Linux, Sysadmin, rsync
This script creates a backup at regular intervals - you can backup every minute if necessary.
The backup is incremental, so very efficient in terms of space and system resources.
#!/bin/sh
#
date=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S")
rsync -aP --link-dest=$HOME/Backups/current /home/david/Documents $HOME/Backups/back-$date
rm -f $HOME/Backups/current
ln -s back-$date $HOME/Backups/current
# After running:
david@david-desktop:~/Backups$ ls -la
total 28
drwxrwxr-x 5 david david 4096 Jun 26 17:39 .
drwxr-xr-x 149 david david 12288 Jun 27 09:56 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 26 17:39 back-2015-06-26-17_39_06
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 26 17:39 back-2015-06-26-17_39_25
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 26 17:39 back-2015-06-26-17_39_36
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Jun 26 17:39 current -> back-2015-06-26-17_39_36Resources
This script is based on this article.
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