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   1 #!/bin/bash -e
   2
   3 # Run this at a lower priority to avoid disrupting the rest of the system
   4 # Exclude other filesystems from the backup. This leaves only the files we
   5 # want, on the root file system, to back up.
   6 # Also exclude other large collections of files which we don't care to save.
   7
   8 if [ -f /.backup_running ]; then
   9     echo "Backup already running!"
  10     exit 1
  11 fi
  12
  13 touch /.backup_running
  14
  15 ionice -c3 nice -n5 \
  16     rdiff-backup \
  17         --exclude-other-filesystems \
  18         --exclude-sockets \
  19         --exclude '/backup' \
  20         --exclude '/tmp' \
  21         --exclude '/var/cache/apt/archives' \
  22         --exclude '/var/log' \
  23         / /backup/
  24 # Remove old backups
  25 sleep 3600
  26 ionice -c3 nice -n5 rdiff-backup -v1 --remove-older-than 60D /backup/
  27
  28 rm -f /.backup_running
  29
  30 exit 0
  31