#!/bin/sh
# Perform incremental backups using rsync and hardlinks.
#
# Thanks to http://www.sanitarium.net/golug/rsync_backups_2010.html for the
# idea.
# Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Simon Ruderich
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see .
set -e
if test "$#" -lt 2; then
echo "Usage: $0 " >&2
echo
echo "Note: The target directory is the _first_ argument!" >&2
exit 2
fi
cd "$1" || exit 1
shift
# Get absolute path to last backup directory.
for x in backup-*; do
test -d "$x" || continue
dest="../$x" # relative to destination directory
done
target=backup-`date '+%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S'`
if test -d current; then
echo "Target directory 'current' already exists, aborting." >&2
exit 1
fi
mkdir current
rsync \
--verbose --itemize-changes --human-readable \
--archive --hard-links --sparse --numeric-ids --one-file-system \
--link-dest="$dest" \
"$@" current \
|| {
# Try to remove "current" without changing the exit code. In case the
# connection failed without transferring any files, we want the next
# backup to be able to run.
code=$?
rmdir current 2>/dev/null || true
exit $code
}
mv current "$target"