sybersnake » Tools http://sybersnake.com Bender called me a flesh bag. Tue, 10 May 2011 20:25:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Using Rsync and LaunchD for backup http://sybersnake.com/2006/10/12/using-rsync-and-launchd-for-backup/ http://sybersnake.com/2006/10/12/using-rsync-and-launchd-for-backup/#comments Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:14:51 +0000 admin http://sybersnake.com/?p=54 This tutorial is mainly for OSX users.
Build and Install rsync
Create an empty file some where (I put mine in /usr/local/ )

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#!/bin/bash
# Start Script
LOGFILE="/var/log/backup.log"
SRC='/Users'
DEST='/Volumes/backup'
 
echo "" >> $LOGFILE
echo "" >> $LOGFILE
echo "***************** New Log *****************" >> $LOGFILE
echo "Running Users Backup" >> $LOGFILE
date >> $LOGFILE
/usr/local/bin/rsync -a -v --stats --delete $SRC $DEST >> $LOGFILE
 
exit 0

Now create a .plist in /Library/LaunchDaemons/

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sudo pico /Library/LaunchDaemons/myplist.plist

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>users-backup-daily</string>
<key>LowPriorityIO</key>
<true/>
<key>Nice</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/bin/sh</string>
<string>/usr/local/backupUsers</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<false/>
<key>ServiceDescription</key>
<string>Backing up /Users to /Volumes/backup</string>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>6</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>0</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

the LABEL is very important, because this will be what launchd calls this process.

Replace ‘/usr/local/backupUsers’ with the path to your Bash Script.

Now, we need to load our plist into launchctl

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%&gt; sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/myplist.plist

To test it

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%&gt; sudo launchctl start LABEL (set above in the plist)
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