From f461ad76f7c90b69e6807a32c55c18d2f8b37fd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trey Bastian <hello@treybastian.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:00:45 +0000
Subject: hopefully got the command right this time with the exclude

---
 hourly-backup.sh | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hourly-backup.sh b/hourly-backup.sh
index 058a7f6..1c3bdc2 100755
--- a/hourly-backup.sh
+++ b/hourly-backup.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,16 @@
 # !! WARNING SLOW FIRST RUN !!
 # the first run will be slow so run this first before setting up the hourly job
 
-rsync -a --exclude=/{dev,proc,sys,tmp,run,mnt,media,cdrom}/ --exclude=lost+found/ /* /mnt/backup/live/ --delete
+rsync -aAX --exclude={ \ 
+  "/dev/*", \
+  "/proc/*", \
+  "/sys/*", \
+  "/tmp/*", \
+  "/usr/tmp/*", \
+  "/run/*", \
+  "/mnt/*", \
+  "/media/*", \
+  "/var/cache/*", \
+  "/", \
+  "/lost+found" } \
+  /* /mnt/backup/live/ --delete
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