Timemachine style backup through rsync

backup-tm-rsync.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

date=`date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H_%M_%S"`
backup_home=/mnt/storage/rsync-backup

rsync -azxqP \
    --delete \
    --link-dest=$backup_home/current \
    --exclude='.gvfs' \
    --delete-excluded \
 	/bin /boot /etc /home /lib /lib64 /opt /root /sbin /usr /var $backup_home/incomplete_back-$date \
    > rsync.log 2>&1 \
&& mv $backup_home/incomplete_back-$date $backup_home/back-$date \
&& rm -f $backup_home/current \
&& ln -s $backup_home/back-$date $backup_home/current