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Automatic archival to rsync.net

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Create an archival script #

.rsync-archival-script.sh should look something like the following. Also, do a chmod +x .rsync-archival-script.sh.

#!/bin/sh
CMD=/usr/bin/rsync
SRC=/media/unencrypted_drive/SharedFolder/
DST_NAMESPACE=raspberry-pi

EXCLUDES_LOC=/tmp/rsync-homedir-excludes.txt
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rubo77/rsync-homedir-excludes/master/rsync-homedir-excludes.txt -O $EXCLUDES_LOC
cat >> $EXCLUDES_LOC << 'EOF'

.Trash
._*
/Library
ParkingSpace
EOF

DST=$DST_NAMESPACE$SRC
ssh de1682@de1682.rsync.net mkdir -p $DST

echo BEGIN `date`

# TODO: check `-og` parameters as well.
$CMD \
    -azPH \
    --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES_LOC \
    --delete-excluded \
    --xattrs \
    --acls \
    $SRC de1682@de1682.rsync.net:$DST
curl -fsS -m 10 --retry 5 -o /dev/null https://hc-ping.com/.../$?
echo END `date`

Schedule the script #

Install this by running crontab -e on Raspberry Pi:

0 1 * * * /home/pi/.rsync-archival-script.sh >> /tmp/rsync-backup.log 2>&1

Or with sudo on Mac:

0 18 * * * /Users/ketan/.rsync-archival-script.sh >> /tmp/rsync-backup.log 2>&1

Resources #