A simple script utilizing rsync for both full and differential backups, and auto folder naming.
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mikes-backup
A simple script utilizing rsync for both full and differential backups, and auto folder naming, over SSH
Honestly this is more of a wrapper around rsync's beautiful functionality. It simply makes daily backups slightly easier by:
- Automatically choosing a full or differential backup type, based on whether it detects an existing full backup folder
- Automatically generate a folder based on today's date and time, so you can generate a great many differential backup folders without manually changing anything
Requirements
- rsync
- python3
- Backup server accessible over SSH
Command Line Arguments
--full
Forces the script to run a full backup--differential
Forces the script to run an incremental backup--log-dir <directory>
Let's you set the log output directory--source-dir <directory>
Specifies the local source directory--remote-host <hostname>
Specifies the remote host, to send the backups to over ssh--remote-user <username>
Specifies the remote username to use, when connecting to the remote host--remote-dir <directory>
Specifies the remote backup destination directory--ssh-key <path to key>
Specifies the local ssh key to use for authentication
Questions
I realize these docs are sparse at best, so please send in questions if you have any, and I will try to update this file or create a Wiki if need be