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Local tar/rsync script:

<code>
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

# backup_rsync.pl
# Script using rsync to backup directories to 2nd local hard disk

# /boot/
# /etc/
# /home/
# /root/
# /usr/local/
# /var/lib/mysql/
# /var/spool/cron/
# /var/www/html/

$LOG = "/tmp/backup_rsync";


`/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --progress /awips/ /disk2/awips/ >$LOG.awips.log 2>&1`;
`/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --progress /AWIPS/ /disk2/AWIPS/ >$LOG.AWIPS.log 2>&1`;
`/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --progress /data/ /disk2/data/ >$LOG.data.log 2>&1`;
`/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --progress /dev/ /disk2/dev/ >$LOG.dev.log 2>&1`;

`/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --progress /boot/ /disk2/boot/ >$LOG.boot.log 2>&1`;
`/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --progress /etc/ /disk2/etc/ >$LOG.etc.log 2>&1`;
`/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --progress /home/ /disk2/home/ >$LOG.home.log 2>&1`;
`/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --progress /root/ /disk2/root/ >$LOG.root.log 2>&1`;
`/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --progress /usr/local/ /disk2/usr/local/ >$LOG.usr.local.log 2>&1`;
`/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --progress /var/lib/mysql/ /disk2/var/lib/mysql/ >$LOG.var.lib.mysql.log 2>&1`;
`/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --progress /var/spool/cron/ /disk2/var/spool/cron/ >$LOG.var.spool.cron.log 2>&1`;
`/usr/bin/rsync -avz --delete --progress /var/www/html/ /disk2/var/www/html/ >$LOG.var.www.html.log 2>&1`;
</code>

The associated cron entry:

<code>
# do local backups
30 02 * * * /root/bin/backup_rsync.pl >> /tmp/backup_rsync.log 2>&1

# something to check
#* * * * * [ ! -f /tmp/lockFile ] && { touch /tmp/lockRsync ; /root/bin/backup_rsync.pl >> /tmp/backup_rsync.log 2>&1 ; rm /tmp/lockRsync }
</code>