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To rsync files and subdirectory from Centos 5.6 server to My Book hard drive

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mybookbackup module 1.0
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Mind & Media company from Singapore has developed the module. The script is well-tested on Centos 5.6.


Date        Author     Changes
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2011-07-07  Hock Sik   To develop scripts to automate the copy of files during the plugging-in 
                       of an external hard drive

Introduction.
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Here is a script written in bash and easily understood. This is an improvement from last time we did a similar 
rsync script using Perl. 

The bash script does the below 
a. create the backup directory if it does not exist
b. use rsync to copy files and sub-directories from the source directory to the destination 
c. Those sync to an external hard drive are captured in mybookbackup.log 
d. email the run result to user


Note
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a. How to Mount an NTFS Filesystem
   As of CentOS 5.4 (kernel 2.6.18-164 or newer), the fuse kernel module is included in the kernel itself. 
   If the rpmforge repo is disabled by default, yum --enablerepo=rpmforge install fuse fuse-ntfs-3g 

   Edit /etc/fstab to add in the below ntfs mountpoint for an external hdd 
   LABEL=/media            /media                  ntfs-3g rw,umask=0000,defaults 0 0
   
   Further information is available at http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/NTFS

b. If the option=log-file is not supported by rsync,    
   please download the latest version of rsync from http://packages.sw.be/rsync/ to support the option=log-file

c. How to gather udev info on the external hard drive
   Use the command: udevinfo -a -p $(udevinfo -q path -n /dev/sdb1)

   THe udev info can be used to define rules in a rules file.
 
   Set the permission privilege of the rules file by using the command: chmod 644 95-mybookbackup.rules

   The info can be found at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=168221.

d. The script needs to be made executable by using the command: chmod 755 mybookbackup.sh



Installation
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Place the rules file named 95-mybookbackup.rules under  /etc/udev/rules.d

It will tell system to find and run an executable script.  



UPGRADE
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For upgrade, pls look for the upgraded version at https://github.com/mindmedia


Office
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Mind & Media
10 UBI Crescent, #03-59 UBI TechPark,
Singapore 408564

If you need help, post a message to [email protected].
    
The website is at http://www.mindmedia.com.sg.

Enjoy!