The script i use to backup my machine.

Backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

#Backup Databases
#echo "Backing up Databases"
#'/home/mrogers/Projects/Databases/automysqlbackup-v3.0_beta3/automysqlbackup' '/home/mrogers/Projects/Databases/automysqlbackup-v3.0_beta3/automysqlbackup.conf'

#Sync back the directories.
echo "Backing up Home Folder"
#rsync -avh --progress --del /home/mrogers/ /media/mrogers/CRUZER/mrogers/
#rsync -avh --progress --delete-before --force --stats --ignore-errors --exclude '*.vdi' --exclude 'Videos/*' /home/mrogers/ /media/mrogers/CRUZER/mrogers/
rsync -avh --progress --delete  --force --stats --ignore-errors  /Users/mrogers/  /Volumes/CRUZER-HFS/mrogers/ #/media/mrogers/CRUZER/mrogers/

#Backup my Cached Fiiles
#echo "Backing up Cache"

#mkdir -p /media/mrogers/CRUZER/cache/
#sudo rsync -avh --progress  --delete /var/cache/apt /media/mrogers/CRUZER/cache/
#rsync -avh --progress  --delete /var/cache/flashplugin-installer /media/mrogers/CRUZER/cache/
#rsync -avh --progress  --delete /var/cache/oracle-jdk7-installer /media/mrogers/CRUZER/cache/
#rsync -avh --progress  --delete /var/cache/sublime-text /media/mrogers/CRUZER/cache/
#rsync -avh --progress  --delete /var/cache/pacman /media/mrogers/CRUZER/cache/