~/.rsync: Have a little rsync backup script (and filtering!)

.rsync-backup.sh

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#!/bin/sh
# rsync's $HOME to my local backup server.
# Check whether I'm at home (yeah, I know...)
ping -c1 192.168.220.109 &> /dev/null
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
	echo "Sorry, looks like noone's home (i.e. you)"
	exit 1
fi
# Assume rsync is alive and well...
echo "All your backups are to belong to RSYNC!"
remote="home:/mnt/HD_a2/lu"
rsync --archive --verbose $@ --filter="merge /home/lu/.rsync-filter" --filter=":- .rsyncignore" /home/lu/ $remote
echo "Last rsync'ed `date --rfc-3339=seconds`, status $?" > /home/lu/.rsync-last

.rsync-filter

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# projects and other files
+ /d
+ /k
+ /m
# personal stuff
+ /.ssh
+ /.mails
+ /diary
# config
+ /.git
+ /.vimrc
+ /.bashrc
+ /.muttrc
+ /.tmux.conf
+ /.rsync-filter
# eww, we don't want to have them there :)
- *.hi
- *.o
- /*