Rsync backup synchronization script

cd /home/user/

mkdir .backup

touch folders.txt // include folders in column folder1 folder2 folder3

touch backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Define the source and destination base directories

src_base="/media/user/disk1"

dest_base="/media/user/disk2/backup"

# Define the list of folders to copy

folder_list="folders.txt"

# Define the rsync options, including --delete to remove files not present in the source

rsync_opts="-rahP --inplace --info=progress2 --stats -u --delete"

# Loop through each folder in the list

while IFS= read -r folder; do

    # Check if the folder path is not empty

    if [ -n "$folder" ]; then

        echo "Processing folder: $src_base/$folder => $dest_base/$folder"

        # Perform the rsync operation

        rsync $rsync_opts "$src_base/$folder/" "$dest_base/$folder/"

    fi

done < "$folder_list"

chmod +x backup.sh

./backup.sh

cp -ruv /home/user/ /media/user/disk2