Alternative method

Article:		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