quick and dirty rsync backup script in ruby

sync.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# encoding: utf-8

require 'colored'

folders     = %w{~/Development ~/Documents ~/Pictures ~/Music ~/Sites ~/Work}
log_path    = ".sync/log"
destination = "/Volumes/Drobo/BACKUP/"

if Directory.exists? destination
  puts "Synchronizing...".yellow

  output = %x{rsync -avr --exclude=.DS_Store #{folders.join ' '} #{dest}}
  open(log_path) {|log| log.write output and puts "Synchronization completed.".green }
end