Bash Script to backup my "home" folder

Question

How can I skip backing up my "Downloads" folder?

here's my code:

#!/bin/bash

# Daily backup script

# Create some needed variable
day=$(date +%F)
Folder="/home/ME/"

File="/media/MediaTwo/Copy/UbuntuBackup/$day.tar.gz"

# Backup Server Configuration
tar cpzf $File $Folder

# Remove backup files older than 90 days
find $File* -mtime +90 -exec rm {} \;

check it here, it may duplicate `http://stackoverflow.com/questions/984204/shell-command-to-tar-directory-excluding-certain-files-folders` — Haifeng Zhang, Jun 02 '14 at 21:12

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 02 '14 at 21:11

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tar cpzf $File --exclude=Downloads $Folder

answered Jun 02 '14 at 21:11

R Sahu

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is single quotation needed here? – Haifeng Zhang Jun 02 '14 at 21:14
@haifzhan I don't understand your question. Where do you think the single quotation will be useful/necessary? – R Sahu Jun 02 '14 at 21:17
You can repeat the `--exclude` option to exclude another directory. – R Sahu Jun 02 '14 at 21:19

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 02 '14 at 21:14

The easiest way to exclude your Downloads folder is to add an option (i.e. --exclude) to the tar command.

I would suggest modifying line 12 of your code to read:

tar cpzf $File --exclude "${Folder}Downloads" $Folder

I think this should do what you're looking for.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 02 '14 at 21:17

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Use extended pattern matching:

shopt -s extglob; shopt -s dotglob
tar cpzf "$File" "$Folder"/!(Downloads)

answered Jun 02 '14 at 21:17

konsolebox

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manuc66 · Answer 4 · 2017-02-17T09:12:50.730

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I sugest this one for maximum speed on multi core machines :

tar -c --use-compress-program=pigz -f $File --exclude=Downloads $Folder

edited Feb 17 '17 at 09:12

answered Feb 16 '17 at 12:22

manuc66

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Bash Script to backup my "home" folder

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