while IFS= read -r path
do
    [ -z $path ] && continue
    echo "$(date +'%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S') --  Creating backup for $path"
    # Create or update the remote backup
    ssh ${remoteUser}@$serverLocation -i sshKey/ssh mkdir -p ${remoteBasedir}/$path # Create the directory
    rsync   --compress --recursive -e "ssh -i sshKey/ssh -l $remoteUser" \
            --delete --links --perms \
            $path $serverLocation:${remoteBasedir}/$path
    rSyncStatus=$?

    [ $rSyncStatus -eq 0 ] && status="success" || status="fail"
    echo "$(date +'%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S') --  Exit code for backup: $rSyncStatus ($status)"
    echo "$(date +'%d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S') --  ---------------"
    [ $status == "fail" ] && declare -i backupResult=0 # If this backup fails, we count the overall backup process as a failure
done < "$backupPathsFile"