#!/bin/bash # Author : Gaston Gonzalez # Date : 14 January 2024 # Purpose : Back up select files from the user's home directory. # # The backups are limited to the following: # 1. EmComm Tools configuration # 2. Winlink email TODAY=$(date +"%Y%m%d") BACKUP_FILE="${HOME}/etc-user-backup-${HOSTNAME}-${TODAY}.tar.gz" # All paths are relative to $HOME. BACKUP_DIRS=( ".config/emcomm-tools" ".local/share/emcomm-tools" ".local/share/pat" ) ESC="\033" CYAN="$ESC[36m" GREEN="$ESC[0;32m" RED="$ESC[0;31m" WHITE="$ESC[1;37m" YELLOW="$ESC[1;33m" NC="$ESC[0m" tar -czf ${BACKUP_FILE} \ --transform 's|^.*\.local|.local|' \ -C "${HOME}" "${BACKUP_DIRS[@]}" [ $? -ne 0 ] && et-log "Error creating backup" && exit 1 # Test that we can read if after we create it. TAR_OUT=$(tar -tzf ${BACKUP_FILE}) [ $? -ne 0 ] && et-log "Can't read backup file: ${BACKUP_FILE}. Error creating backup." && exit 1 echo -e "${GREEN}Backup created: ${WHITE}${BACKUP_FILE}\n" echo -e "${CYAN}Note: Only the following directories were backed up:" for dir in "${BACKUP_DIRS[@]}"; do echo "* $dir" done echo -e "\n${YELLOW}If you need files outside of these directories, please back them up manually.${NC}"