Backup with rsync
rsync for backup files
This is an approach to do a bash scritp to backupfiles in bash
print out dates
date '+%Y_%m_%d'
backup files with proper permissions and groups
rsync -azxvAHX --numeric-ids /path/origin /path/destbackup excluding files and paths
rsync -azxvAHX --numeric-ids --exclude-from=/path/to/_rsync-exclude-files.txt /path/origin /path/destinationthe content of _rsync-exclude-files.txt
# we have to exclude from the original path of rsync
# in our case /home/
user1/
user2/
lost+found/
# exclude from any user
*/Downloads/
*/.atom/
*/.cache/
*/.mozilla/
*/.npm/
*/.local/share/TelegramDesktop/
*/.local/share/libvirt/images/
*/Pictures/20*
# specific files
*.iso
*wordpress*/*uploads*/
*wp*/*uploads*/