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:1
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# - Using tar - #



:a
# -  - #
# - Create backup folder - #
mkdir -p /home/Data2/Images/Backup/;
sudo mkdir -p /home/Data2/Images/Backup/uServer/uServer_2021-12-12_Tar/;



:b
# -  - #
# - Backup - #

TarFile='/home/Data2/Images/Backup/uServer/uServer_2021-12-12_Tar/uServer_'$(date +%Y-%m-%d)'_'$(date +%T)'.tar.gz'
FilesToExclude='/dev,/home/Data2/Images/Backup/uServer/*,/home/*/.gvfs,/home/*/.cache,/home/*/.local/share/Trash,/mnt,/media/*,/proc/*,/run/*,/swap.img,/sys,/tmp,/var/cache/apt/archives'

sudo tar -cvpzf $TarFile --exclude={$TarFile,/swap.img} --one-file-system /		# Just the system alone, no mount partitions
sudo tar -cvpzf $TarFile --exclude={$TarFile,$FilesToExclude} /				# Everything, but you have to exclude more

sudo tar -cvpzf $TarFile --exclude={$TarFile, \
                                    /dev, \
                                    /home/Data2/Images/Backup/uServer/*, \
                                    /home/*/.gvfs, \
                                    /home/*/.cache, \
                                    /home/*/.local/share/Trash, \
                                    /mnt/*, \
                                    /media/*, \
                                    /proc/*, \
                                    /run/*, \
                                    /swap.img, \
                                    /sys/*, \
                                    /tmp/*, \
                                    /var/cache/apt/archives } /		# Everything, but you have to exclude more



/proc & /sys are virtual filesystems
/dev is a tmpfs whose contents are created and deleted dynamically by udev
/run is a tmpfs that holds variables about the running system that do not need backed up 

:b.1
# -  - #
# - Backup sample - #
sudo tar -cvpzf /path/to/backup/yourbackupfilename.tar.gz --exclude=/path/to/backup/yourbackupfilename.tar.gz --one-file-system /

--exclude = if backup is in the same partition
/ = Backup entire root directory



:c
# -  - #
# - Restore - #
sudo tar -xvpzf /path/to/yourbackupfilename.tar.gz -C /directory/to/restore/to --numeric-owner

If restoring complete root directory /



:2
# -  - #
# - Using rzync - #



:a
# -  - #
# - Create backup folder - #
mkdir -p /home/Data2/Images/Backup/;
sudo mkdir -p /home/Data2/Images/Backup/uServer/uServer_2021-12-12_Rsync/;



:b
# -  - #
# - Backup - #
sudo rsync -aAXv --delete --exclude={/tmp/*,/run/*,/mnt/*,/lost+found,/home/Data2/*,/home/is_derayo/.cache/*} / /home/Data2/Images/Backup/uServer/uServer_2021-12-12_Rsync

:b.1
# -  - #
# - Backup sample - #

sudo rsync -aAXv --delete --exclude={/dev/*,/proc/*,/sys/*,/tmp/*,/run/*,/mnt/*,/media/*,/home/*,/lost+found} /source /destination



:c
# -  - #
# - Restore - #
sudo rsync -aAXv --delete /backup /system




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