rsync your Android

In combination with dropbear or QuickSSH rsync allows you to back up your android. Here's how to.

You can find the binaries here.

1. Download:

wget http://adqmisc.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/androidutils/rsync/rsync-3.0.6-arm-softfloat-linux-gnueabi.gz

1. Decompress:

zcat rsync-3.0.6-arm-softfloat-linux-gnueabi.gz > rsync

1. Copy rsync to your phone, make sure it's in the PATH and chmod 755 rsync. I have put mind to QuickSSH's homedir (/data/data/com.teslacoilsw.quicksshd/home).

Here are a few examples that can be scripted.

Initiate a backup from your phone:

  rsync  -e "ssh -p <port>" -vrt <local-source> <user>@<server>:/<path>
  e.g. rsync -e "ssh -p 443" -vrt /mnt/sdcard/astrid me@<my-ip>:/home/me/temp 
  

Initiate a backup from your server:

  rsync rsync -vrt -e "ssh -p <port>" <user>@<phone>:/<path> <local-dest>
  e.g. rsync -vrt -e "ssh -p 2222" <user>@android:/mnt/sdcard/astrid /home/me/temp