====== Backup Scripts ======

Backing up data is something that everyone says you should do but nobody gets around to it until it's too late.  I learned the hard way when some water got spilled on my computer and reverse-electroplated some copper off of the hard drive PCB, rendering it useless.  Fortunately, I had some backups, but not everything was backed up.  These scripts are tried and true, and I use them very often to keep my data secure.  The first script can be set up in maybe 10 minutes, tops.  The second one takes a bit longer, but produces an encrypted backup for security.  

Grab these scripts and get your data secure today!

===== Full system rsync =====

This script will perform a full system backup with rsync, leaving out /dev and /tmp and what not.  

[[full-rsync]]

===== Encrypted full system rsync =====

This script will perform a full system backup with rsync through a reverse encfs.  Filenames unfortunately cannot be encrypted.

[[full-rsync-encfs]]

===== MySQL backup to disk =====

This script wraps mysqldump to efficiently back up and compress multiple databases to flat files.  Useful for backing up website databases with the above scripts.  

[[mysql-backup]]