[Leaplist] rsync shell script for mac

[Kevin Korb]

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Hint: --exclude-from=file.txt


On 02/24/10 11:58, Kevin Inscoe wrote:
> Here are my excludes:
> 
> -apztlvx --exclude="private/tmp/*"
> --exclude="Users/kevin/Library/Caches/*" --exclude="private/var/run/*"
> --exclude="Library/Google/Google Desktop/Index/*"
> --exclude="Library/Application Support/LANDesk/*"
> --exclude="Library/Caches/*" --exclude="private/tmp/*"
> --exclude="usr/local/vscanx/*" --exclude=".fseventsd/*"
> --exclude=".Spotlight-V100/*" --exclude="Library/Logs/CrashReporter/*"
> --exclude="/Users/kevin/Library/Application Support/Google/Google
> Desktop/Index/*" --exclude="/proc/*" --exclude="/dev/*"
> --exclude="/tmp/*" --stats --delete
> 
> but keep in mind this is a recovery backup and not a user files backup.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Tom Foster <tf at linuxceptional.com> wrote:
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> My sister was just complaining the other day that it would be tragic
>> if any of the work she had done with her mac was lost.  I managed to
>> find the terminal program, and used rsync to save files to an external
>> drive.
>>
>> So I have two or three questions.  What are mac osx files that should be
>> excluded (put into an "exclude.txt")?  Also, what should a shell
>> script for a mac look like?  Where is bash? is there a "~/bin/"
>> equivalent?
>>
>> I'd also like to have a link to the script on the desktop and/or have
>> it called by cron.  Mac does have cron, doesn't it?
>>
>> thanks.
>>
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>> -tom
>>
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