Better rsync backup script

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#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
# Written in February 2010

# Set to q to disable verbosity
VERBOSITY="v"

# The program we're using to backup
PROGRAM="rsync"

# The arguments to the program
OPTIONS="-aHP$VERBOSITY"

# The remote machine we're backing up
SERVER="max"

# The local disk to back up to
DISK="/mnt/disk"

# An array of shares on $SERVER to back up
SHARES=(
hr
finance
clients
operations
newsvn
svn
backup/jira
backup/svn/noah
backup/dbbackups/kontrol_live
backup/dbbackups/god
)

# The magic
for share in ${SHARES[*]}; do
echo "Backup of $share beginning at" `date`
$PROGRAM $OPTIONS $PROGRAM://$SERVER/$share/ $DISK/$share/
echo "Backup of $share completed at" `date`
done