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  1. karlding created this gist Jan 15, 2018.
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    #!/bin/bash

    # Backup all my music from my Windows Music folder
    # (/media/karl/5A14316614314673/Users/Karl/Music) to my 2 TB external drive
    # (/media/karl/A0D83FDAD83FAE02/bak/Users/Karl/Music) using rsync

    WINDOWS_MEDIA_DIR="/media/karl/5A14316614314673/Users/Karl/Music"
    EXTERNAL_DRIVE="/media/karl/A0D83FDAD83FAE02/bak/Users/Karl"

    rsync -va "${WINDOWS_MEDIA_DIR}" "${EXTERNAL_DRIVE}"

    # Delete files that have been removed from my Music directory from the external
    # First run with --dry-run and check the output, then remove the flag to
    # actually delete
    # rsync -va --dry-run --delete "${WINDOWS_MEDIA_DIR}" "${EXTERNAL_DRIVE}"