This is a (POSIX compliant) shell script for UNIX based operating systems, such as Linux, Free BSD and MacOS, that backs up

• all those files and folders in the home folder ~/ that are listed in ./bkpHome2Cloud.files,
• except those listed in ./bkpHome2Cloud.exclude

via rsync to a remote server.

Installation

1. Clone this repository, for example into ~/Downloads

   cd ~/Downloads/
   git clone https://github.com/konfekt/backup2cloud.sh

2. Copy backup2cloud.sh into a convenient folder, for example, ~/bin

   cp ~/Downloads/backup2cloud.sh/backup2cloud.sh ~/bin/

3. Copy ./bkpHome2Cloud.files and ./bkpHome2Cloud.exclude to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/backups/cloud by

   cd ~/Downloads/backup2cloud.sh
   mkdir ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config}/backups/cloud/
   cp ./bkpHome2Cloud.files ./bkpHome2Cloud.exclude ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config}/backups/cloud/

   and adapt the files and folders listed in them to those that suit you!

4. Inside backup2cloud.sh, replace

   • REMOTE_USER by your user name to log in to the rsync server
   • SERVER by the address of the rsync server, and
   • REMOTE_PATH by the path of your folder on the rsync server.

Suggestions

The script supposes that the configuration files ./bkpHome2Cloud.files and ./bkpHome2Cloud.exclude reside in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/backups/cloud. If you choose another path, adapt accordingly.

Have a look at https://konfekt.github.io/blog/2016/12/11/sane-cron-setup how to schedule a daily backup ensuring that it is only run when the computer is online.