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# Mike's Backup Diff
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This is a tool to help show differences between a source folder, and its mirrored backup folder. It will show you which directories and files are missing or different between the two folder.
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This can be very useful to detect files which may have been *accidentally deleted* from your source folder, so you can replace them from your backup before running another mirror.
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## Requirements
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* Python 3
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* Python library *humanfriendly*
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``` sudo pip3 install humanfriendly ```
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## How to Execute
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Invoking the python3 interpreter directly is preferred:
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```python3 /path/to/backup-diff.py```
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But you can possibly also execute it directly, if your *env* program is setup for Python 3:
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```/path/to/backup-diff.py```
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## Command Line Arguments
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You must at minimum specify the source and the backup directories. Following is a list of currently accepted command line arguments:
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### --source-path < path >
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Specifies the path to your source directory
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### --backup-path < path >
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Specifies the path to your backup directory
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### --no-clean
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Don't make any attempt to clean the generated report of redundant entries. This might be useful if you think the report isn't accurate.
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#### Example Call With Arguments
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Here's an example of how you might invoke the script:
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```python3 /path/to/backup-diff.py --source-path "/my/source/directory/path" --backup-path "/my/backups/main-backup" ```
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