Automated Backup with exception of one directory?

gas85 · March 5, 2019, 3:19pm

You can use TAR to put backup platform independent in archive:

tar -cvpzf backup.tar.gz --exclude=FolderToExclude --one-file-system folderToBackup

Or use RSYNC as it listed above with same key --exclude=FolderToExclude.

Or you can even combine and do rsync into archive (with remote authentication via SSH Key):

github.com

GAS85/nextcloud_scripts/blob/master/nextcloud-rsync-to-remote.sh#L30


      
          #
          # - data/appdata*/preview exclude Previews - they could be newle generated
          # - data/*/files_trashbin/ exclude users trashbins
          # - data/*/files_versions/ exclude users files Versions
          
          excludeFromBackup="--exclude=data/updater*\
           --exclude=*.ocTransferId*.part\
           --exclude=data/appdata*/preview"
          
          # Compress to needs to have archivemount and sshfs installed.
          CompressToArchive=false
          WhereToMount=/mnt/remoteSystem # Needs to be set if CompressToArchive is true
          RemoteArchiveName=backup.tar.gz # Needs to be set if CompressToArchive is true
          
          ##############################################################################
          
          InstallerCheck () {
          	# Check if all Programms are installed
          	hash $1 2>/dev/null || { echo >&2 "It requires $1 but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; }
          }

Or use restic: