#!/bin/bash

# rsync_backup.sh
# Meryll Larkin June 10,2020

BUP_DEST="/mnt/BACKUPS"
exclude_file="/root/bin/CRON/rsync_excludes.txt"
error_log="/root/bin/CRON/rsync_error.log"
datestring=$(date +"%Y%m%d")

if [ -d $BUP_DEST ] ; then
    if  [ -e $exclude_file ] ; then
        # echo "$BUP_DEST is mounted."
        rsync -rpt --exclude-from=${exclude_file}  /home/<username> $BUP_DEST
        rsync -rpt --exclude-from=${exclude_file}  /root            $BUP_DEST
        # add more backup sources here
    else
        echo "$exclude_file not found."
        echo "$datestring $exclude_file not found." >>$error_log
    fi
else
    # echo "$BUP_DEST is NOT mounted."
    echo "$datestring $BUP_DEST is NOT mounted." >>$error_log
fi

exit


# To create exclude_file:  
# ls -1d /home/<username>/.*
# chmod 744 <exclude_file>