Time Machine for every Unix scripts

tm_local.sh

#!/bin/sh

date=`date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"`
rsync -aP --link-dest=$HOME/Backups/current /path/to/important_files $HOME/Backups/back-$date
rm -f $HOME/Backups/current
ln -s back-$date $HOME/Backups/current

tm_no_colin.sh

#!/bin/sh

 date=`date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H_%M_%S"`
 rsync -azPE --link-dest=PATHTOBACKUP/current $SOURCE $HOST:PATHTOBACKUP/back-$date \
   && ssh $HOST "rm PATHTOBACKUP/current \
   && ln -s back-$date PATHTOBACKUP/current"

tm_to_remote.sh

#!/bin/sh

date=`date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H_%M_%S"`
HOME=/home/user/

rsync -azP \
  --delete \
  --delete-excluded \
  --exclude-from=$HOME/.rsync/exclude \
  --link-dest=../current \
  $HOME user@backupserver:Backups/incomplete_back-$date \
  && ssh user@backupserver \
  "mv Backups/incomplete_back-$date Backups/back-$date \
  && rm -f Backups/current \
  && ln -s back-$date Backups/current"