Small script for backing up a folder with rsync (to local Dropbox) and gsync (to Google Drive)

backupThesis.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Backups the local version of my PhD thesis to Dropbox and Google Drive
# Andreas Herten, 2014

main() {
	local baseDir="/Users/Andi/Documents/Studium/Promotion/Thesis/LaTeX"
	local logFile="thesis.log"

	local gDriveTargetDir="Thesis/Backup/"
	local gDriveLogfile=$baseDir/"gsync."$logFile

	local dropboxTargetDir="/Users/Andi/Dropbox/Promotion/Thesis"
	local dropboxLogfile=$baseDir/"rsync."$logFile

	gsync \
		-rlptgov --progress --stats --human-readable --delete --cvs-exclude \
		--log-file=$gDriveLogfile \
		$baseDir \
		drive://$gDriveTargetDir

	rsync -az -v --progress --stats --human-readable --delete \
		--log-file=$dropboxLogfile \
		$baseDir \
		$dropboxTargetDir
}

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