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  Automated Backups with Existing Tools
Subject:   Alternative method
Date:   2004-02-13 03:46:15
From:   fspeirs
I didn't want to back up everything every time. so I adapted your method slightly. What I did was this:


1. Create a temp folder
2. Create a list of excluded directories (Music, Pictures, Movies, .Trash)
3. Use rsync to sync my home directory to the temp directory, using --exclude-from to avoid copying those big diretories
4. Use hdiutil's -srcfolder option to image the temp directory