$Id: backup.txt 1886 2008-08-11 17:10:03Z mjs $

HOWTO: Use rsync to backup a Mac

Example of backup to external HFS+-formatted drive:

sudo rsync -vaxE --delete-excluded --exclude Caches --exclude Cache \
--exclude .Trash --exclude Downloads --exclude "Virtual Machines.localized" \
/Users/mjs/ /Volumes/Nevada/mjs/

sudo rsync -vaxE --delete-excluded --exclude Caches --exclude Cache \
/Users/Media/ /Volumes/Nevada/Media/  

Example of backup to dreamhost (can't use -E):

sudo rsync -vax --delete-excluded --exclude Caches --exclude Cache \
--exclude .Trash /Users/mjs/ ithinkihaveacat@catalina.dreamhost.com:backup/mjs