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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#backup a raspbmc host:
+MNT=/mnt
+SRC=/dev/mmcblk0
+TO=~do/Documents/Backups/${1}
+TSTAMP=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+
+TAR="/bin/tar --sparse --same-owner --preserve-permissions \
+    	-C $MNT --use-compress-program /usr/bin/pbzip2 -c" 
+
+mount ${SRC}p2 /mnt
+mount ${SRC}p1 /mnt/boot
+
+#prep ENV!
+cp -uv /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static ${MNT}/usr/bin
+#get selections
+chroot ${MNT} dpkg --get-selections |grep -v deinstall >${MNT}/etc/dpkg/package-selections
+
+${TAR} -f ${TO}/${TSTAMP}_etc.tar.bz2 etc
+${TAR} -f ${TO}/${TSTAMP}_boot.tar.bz2 boot
+${TAR} --exclude=".xbmc/temp/*" -f ${TO}/${TSTAMP}_home_pi.tar.bz2 home/pi
+
+# finish
+umount /mnt/boot
+umount /mnt