My rsync backup command

sudo rsync -avHS --filter="merge /Users/backup_rsync_filters" --delete-excluded --delete --progress '/Users/' '/Volumes/Vantec/Users/'

contents of backup_rsync_filters

#BEWARE OF TRAILING WHITESPACE.....rsync does not trim lines

#Force descent into Virtual Box, but exclude everything else in Library (*took me a while to figure this out




include /mullermw/Library/ include /mullermw/Library/Virtual Box/
exclude /*/Library/
exclude /*/Downloads/
exclude /*/Movies/
exclude .Trash/