This is a backup-script written in python using rsync. It is tested on Ubuntu 14.04 and Arch Linux (using --legacy). It can backup incremental and differential. It will send you an email and summarize the backup.

Usage:

rsync_mail.py [-h] [-t] [-e EXCLUDE] [-l LOGFILE] [-q] [-m MAIL] [-u] [-d] [-c CONFIG] [--delete] [--legacy] [--check] [--link LINK] [--date] SOURCE TARGET

positional arguments:

SOURCE Specify the directory to backup (SOURCE).

TARGET Specify the directory where the backup should be stored (TARGET).

optional arguments:

-h, --help show this help message and exit

-t, --trash Delete unnecessary files and empty the trash.

-e EXCLUDE, --exclude EXCLUDE Exlude the following directories from backup.

-l LOGFILE, --logfile LOGFILE Specify the logfile to monitor.

-q, --quiet Do not print to stdout.

-m MAIL, --mail MAIL eMail-Adress whereto send the rsync-log to. Use this with the --config option to provide a Properties-File with the SMTP-Server-Config.

-u, --update Keeps files in destination if they are more recent.

-d, --debug Generates a detailed rsync log.

-c CONFIG, --config CONFIG Loads the config from property file.

--delete Deletes files and folders in the backup which has been deleted in the source.

--legacy Support for some systems without the ability to change permissions

--check Checks the transfered files byte-by-byte with a generated checksum. This can take a while. This option verifies that a backup is fully identical with the source.

--link LINK Creates a new Backup and only saves differences to the specified main-backup. For an incremental backup use this option with the argument ->last<-. The script then looksup the last backup in the target directory.

--date Saves the backup into a subfolder named after the actual date in format yyyy-MM-dd into the target directory.

Changelog:

02/15: Pascal Laub: improved the script, added a mail-option.

-Sebastian Gumprich http://zufallsheld.de -Pascal Laub