Rsync Backup Script

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash

DRY_RUN=false

REMOTE_HOST="<HOST>"
REMOTE_PATH="<ABSOLUTE PATH>"
LOCAL_PATH="<ABSOLUTE PATH>"

RSYNC_OPTIONS=(
    -a              # archive mode
    -g              # preserve group
    -l              # copy symlinks as symlinks
    -m              # prune empty directory chains from file-list
    -o              # preserve owner
    -p              # preserve permissions
    -r              # recurse into directories
    -t              # preserve modification times
    -v              # increase verbosity
    -z              # compress file data during the transfer
    --safe-links    # ignore symlinks that point outside the tree
)

if $DRY_RUN ; then
    RSYNC_OPTIONS+=" -n"
fi

rsync ${RSYNC_OPTIONS[@]} -e ssh ${REMOTE_HOST}:${REMOTE_PATH} ${LOCAL_PATH}