From c388475b1effe84976aa17abfa424332c13cadf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rubo77 <github@r.z11.de>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:30:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] README: added info how to test beforehand

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 README.md  | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*local.txt
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a26753..75e8bb7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,27 @@
 
 #Usage:
 
-    download to `/var/tmp/ignorelist`
-    rsync -aP --exclude-from=/var/tmp/ignorelist /home/$USER/ /media/$USER/linuxbackup/home/$USER/
+    # download to `/var/tmp/ignorelist`
+    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rubo77/rsync-homedir-excludes/master/rsync-homedir-excludes.txt -O /var/tmp/ignorelist
+    # or copy to `/var/tmp/ignorelist`
+    cp ./rsync-homedir-excludes.txt /var/tmp/ignorelist
 
-At the start, there is a section with directories, probably not worth a backup. Uncomment those lines to exclude them as well.
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+    # edit the file /var/tmp/ignorelist to your needs
+    nano /var/tmp/ignorelist
+
+    # define a Backup directory, for example:
+    BACKUPDIR=/media/$USER/linuxbackup/home/$USER/
+    BACKUPDIR=/media/workspace/home/$USER/
+
+    # first append the “-n” parameter rsync will simulate the operation. you should use this before you start:
+    rsync -naP --exclude-from=/var/tmp/ignorelist /home/$USER/ $BACKUPDIR
+		
+		#check for permission denied errors in your homedir:
+		rsync -naP --exclude-from=/var/tmp/ignorelist /home/$USER/ $BACKUPDIR|grep denied
+		
+		# if it is all fine, start your backup with
+    rsync -aP --exclude-from=/var/tmp/ignorelist /home/$USER/ $BACKUPDIR
+
+At the start, there is a section with directories, probably not worth a backup. Uncomment those lines to exclude them as well.
+
+If you 
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