ENH: Adding basic backup script (needs work)

README.md

@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ $ git clone --recursive https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto.git "${ZDOTDIR:-
 $ ./install
 $ curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
 $ vim +PlugInstall
+$ mkdir ~/bin
+$ git clone https://github.com/laurent22/rsync-time-backup ~/.rsync-time-backup
+$ ln -s ~/.rsync-time-backup/rsync_tmbackup.sh ~/bin/rsync_tmbackup.sh
 ```

rsync_excludes.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+- .DS_Store
+- venv
+- node_modules
+- __pycache__
+- *.pyc
+- .nvim/plugged/
+- .vim/plugged/
+- Library/
+- miniconda3/
+- tmp/
+- .cache/
+- .npm/

zsh/zshrc

@@ -34,3 +34,9 @@ BASE16_SHELL=$HOME/.config/base16-shell/
 [ -n "$PS1" ] && [ -s $BASE16_SHELL/profile_helper.sh ] && eval "$($BASE16_SHELL/profile_helper.sh)"
 
 alias tmux="TERM=xterm-256color tmux"
+
+# set up local bin dir
+export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin"
+
+# Backup shortcuts
+alias back_things_up="rsync_tmbackup.sh $HOME /Volumes/field_on_fire/$HOST $HOME/.dotfiles/rsync_excludes.txt"