Setting up rsync with LaunchAgent

rsync_backup.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
  "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.rsync.backup</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>open</string>
      <string>-a</string>
      <string>/Users/me/scripts/rsync_run.app</string>
    </array>
    <key>StartInterval</key> 
    <integer>300</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

rsync_backup.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh

# Path to the backup destination directory:
backup_dest="/Users/me/Library/.../Backups/backup"

# Check if the cloud storage is mounted:
if [ -d "$backup_dest" ]
then
    # Start the backup:
    rsync -abuv --delete --no-l --backup-dir="backup_$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)" --exclude-from="/Users/me/scripts/rsync_exclude.txt" "/Users/me/Documents/MyActiveProject" "$backup_dest"
fi

rsync_exclude.txt

# Development
- Carthage
- Pods
- xcuserdata
- .DS_Store
- .git
- .ipa
- .dSYM.zip
- .dSYM