#!/bin/bash
#
# This script will rsync the entire filesystem to /mnt/backup/live/ 
# This script assumes /mnt/backup/live/ is where we want to backup files
#
# My personal setup:
#   -- has this running hourly with cron
#   -- mounts /mnt/backup to it's own specific NFS share configured for the host
# 
# !! WARNING SLOW FIRST RUN !!
# the first run will be slow so run this first before setting up the hourly job

rsync -aAX --exclude={ \ 
  "/dev/*", \
  "/proc/*", \
  "/sys/*", \
  "/tmp/*", \
  "/usr/tmp/*", \
  "/run/*", \
  "/mnt/*", \
  "/media/*", \
  "/var/cache/*", \
  "/", \
  "/lost+found" } \
  /* /mnt/backup/live/ --delete