From 34b58163e990bab5045345981a8dce5f575faa36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Tomaschik <david@systemoverlord.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 18:32:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add backup script.

---
 bin/backup.sh         | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 dotfiles/rsync_ignore |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 bin/backup.sh
 create mode 100644 dotfiles/rsync_ignore

diff --git a/bin/backup.sh b/bin/backup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2e5c80a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o nounset
+set -o errexit
+
+DEFAULT=`echo /media/${USER}/[bB]ackup/${USER}/`
+DEST="${1:-${DEFAULT}}"
+
+function verify_dest {
+  arr=($1)
+  items=${#arr[@]}
+  if [ $items -ne 1 ] ; then
+    echo "Bad count of backup destinations." > /dev/stderr
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  dir="$1"
+  end=$((${#dir}-1))
+  last="${dir:$end:1}"
+  if [ "$last" != "/" ] ; then
+    echo -n "Destination $dir does not end in a /, " > /dev/stderr
+    echo "this is probably not what you want!" > /dev/stderr
+    echo "Press a key to continue, or CTRL-C to cancel." > /dev/stderr
+    read
+  fi
+}
+
+verify_dest "$DEST"
+
+rsync -Hax --delete-before --exclude-from="$HOME/.rsync_ignore" "${HOME}/" "$DEST"
diff --git a/dotfiles/rsync_ignore b/dotfiles/rsync_ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..399c6af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/rsync_ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+tmp
+Downloads
+.cache
+.local/share/Trash
+.wine
+.thumbnails
+.histfile