Simple Backup Solutions

A bundle of scripts, that contain few simple solutions for backup, which I'm using within my Ubuntu installations.

Incremental backup using Rsync

• This solution perfectly fits to 'desktop' systems, when you want easy access to your backup files and their history.

• It is based on this nice answer, provided by PerlDuck on Ask Ubuntu SE, where are provided detailed explanations.

• There are two files:

  • incremental_backup - this is the main (bash) script. I would place it in /usr/local/bin to be accessible as shell command system wide.

  • incremental_backup_cron - this a (sh) script desingned to be placed in /etc/cron.{daily,hourly,weekly}/.

• Installation on fly (without using git):

  sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/incremental_backup https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metalevel-tech/simple-backup-solutions/master/incremental_backup
  sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/incremental_backup
  
  sudo wget -O /etc/cron.daily/incremental_backup_cron https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metalevel-tech/simple-backup-solutions/master/incremental_backup_cron
  sudo chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/incremental_backup_cron

Portable backup using Tar and 7zip

• This solution perfectly fits to 'server' systems, when you want small and portable backups.

• It is based on this answer of mine on Ask Ubuntu SE, where are provided detailed explanations.

• There are two files:

  • portable_backup - this is the main (bash) script. I would place it in /usr/local/bin to be accessible as shell command system wide.

  • portable_backup_cron - this a (sh) script desingned to be placed in /etc/cron.{daily,hourly,weekly}/.

• Installation on fly (without using git):

  sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/portable_backup https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metalevel-tech/simple-backup-solutions/master/portable_backup
  sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/portable_backup
  
  sudo wget -O /etc/cron.daily/portable_backup_cron https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metalevel-tech/simple-backup-solutions/master/portable_backup_cron
  sudo chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/portable_backup_cron

Notes

• How to rsync multiple source folders - on Unix & Linux
• Make "rm" move files to trash instead of completely removing them - on WEB UPD8
• Command to move a file to Trash via Terminal - on Ask Ubuntu
• How to compare two dates in a shell - on Unix & Linux
• Exhaustive list of backup solutions for Linux - on GitHub