Hi,
I have a bit of a tricky question about rsync.
Let's say I want to backup a bunch of configuration files with rsync, in a script.
What I don't want to do : a full snapshot of /etc. What I want to do : backup only those files I need, in an otherwise empty directory tree.
In my script, I'd begin with a list of the files I effectively want to backup. Something like :
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /etc/httpd/vhosts.d/*.conf /etc/exports
Then I'd have some other files in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin, which I would like to backup too.
Instead of a puzzling explanation, let me just show you how I would like my resulting backup to look like, so you get the idea :
etc/ `-- httpd |-- conf | `-- httpd.conf `-- vhosts.d |-- site1.conf |-- site2.conf `-- site3.conf
usr/ `-- local |-- bin | |-- script1.sh | `-- script2.sh |-- sbin |-- sbinscript3.sh `-- sbinscript4.sh
Now if I do something like this :
rsync -av /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf destinationfolder/
I get something like :
destinationfolder/httpd.conf
QUESTION (at last) : is there a way rsync can somehow add the full file path, so the end result is more like :
destinationfolder/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ?
Any suggestions ?
Niki