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This guide will auto backup folder within same machine using rsync and crontab. You must be login as sudo account or root.

Creating script

vi /root/rsync.sh

Copy paste this script. Remember to change the source folder or target folder

folder=`date +%Y_%m_%d`
rsync -avH  /folder/to/backup /backup/$folder >> /var/log/rsync/acc

Make script executable.

chmod +x rsync.sh

or

chmod 755 rsync.sh

Create the folder rsync in /var/log

mkdir /var/log/rsync

Now add this script to your crontab. (Check this link for crontab reference)

crontab -e

# Run auto backup everynight
0 4 * * * /root/rsync.sh

Save the file… Hope this little guide helps!