<div dir="ltr"><div>I'm running around in circles with chat gpt. I want to backup /home/bmike1 user created data and all other pertinent files.</div><div>This is what it tells me:</div><div><span class="gmail-hljs-meta"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail-hljs-meta">#!/bin/bash</span> </div><div><span class="gmail-hljs-comment"># Define source and destination</span> </div><div>SOURCE=<span class="gmail-hljs-string">"/home/bmike1/"</span> </div><div>DESTINATION=<span class="gmail-hljs-string">"/media/rsync/backup/"</span>

<span class="gmail-hljs-comment"># Define rsync options</span> </div><div>OPTIONS=<span class="gmail-hljs-string">"-av --delete --exclude='*.lock' --exclude='google-chrome/' --exclude='firefox/' --exclude='thunderbird/'"</span> </div><div><span class="gmail-hljs-comment"># Run rsync command</span> </div><div>rsync <span class="gmail-hljs-variable">$OPTIONS</span> <span class="gmail-hljs-variable">$SOURCE</span> <span class="gmail-hljs-variable">$DESTINATION</span><br></div><div><span class="gmail-hljs-variable"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail-hljs-variable">WIll this do it for me?</span></div><div><span class="gmail-hljs-variable">As for the pertinent files I did this before and there was a few other directories involved. do I need to worry about it?</span></div><div class="gmail-w-full gmail-text-token-text-primary" dir="auto"><div class="gmail-text-base gmail-py-[18px] gmail-px-3 gmail-md:px-4 gmail-m-auto gmail-md:px-5 gmail-lg:px-1 gmail-xl:px-5"><div class="gmail-mx-auto gmail-flex gmail-flex-1 gmail-gap-4 gmail-text-base gmail-md:gap-5 gmail-lg:gap-6 gmail-md:max-w-3xl gmail-lg:max-w-[40rem] gmail-xl:max-w-[48rem]"><div class="gmail-flex-shrink-0 gmail-flex gmail-flex-col gmail-relative gmail-items-end"><div><div class="gmail-pt-0"><div class="gmail-gizmo-bot-avatar gmail-flex gmail-h-8 gmail-w-8 gmail-items-center gmail-justify-center gmail-overflow-hidden gmail-rounded-full"><div class="gmail-relative gmail-p-1 gmail-rounded-sm gmail-flex gmail-items-center gmail-justify-center gmail-bg-token-main-surface-primary gmail-text-token-text-primary gmail-h-8 gmail-w-8"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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