[Discuss] full disk backups

[richard.pieri at gmail.com (Rich Pieri)]

On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:59:43 GMT
Eric Chadbourne <eric.chadbourne at icloud.com> wrote:

> This is the command I ended up running:
> 
> sudo rsync -a --delete -exclude=
> {"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost
> +found"} / /media/eric/USB1TB/

So... most of that exclude bit can be subsumed by "-x" (don't cross
filesystem boundaries).

You need to replicate hard links correctly: -H

Depending on your data you may also need to treat sparse files
efficiently: -S

Feedback is good so you can see what is going on.
Be verbose: -v
Show progress: -P

sudo rsync -avxHPS / /media/eric/USB1TB/

-- 
Rich Pieri