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https://github.com/gamemaker1/bak
A backup tool written in bash
https://github.com/gamemaker1/bak
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A backup tool written in bash
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/gamemaker1/bak
- Owner: gamemaker1
- License: agpl-3.0
- Created: 2021-08-01T10:12:50.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2021-08-05T12:11:26.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-12T16:11:24.612Z (24 days ago)
- Topics: backup, backup-cli, backup-manager, backup-script, backup-tool, backup-utility, backup-utils, bash, linux, macos
- Language: Shell
- Homepage:
- Size: 38.1 KB
- Stars: 5
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.md
- Changelog: changelog.md
- License: license.md
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README
# bak 0.2.0
A backup tool (written in bash)
## Installation
The latest releases for various platforms can be found [here](https://github.com/gamemaker1/bak/releases/latest).
- Debian - .DEB
- RedHat - .RPM
- Arch Linux - .pkg.tar.zst [Also on AUR as bak, bak-bin or bak-git]
- Alpine Linux - .apk
- Snap - .snap
- FreeBSD - .freebsd
- MacOS - .pkg
- Generic - .tar.gz
Manual installation can be done by downloading and extracting the files from
the `Generic` release. Here is where to put the files from the archive:
- source/bak => /usr/bin/bak
- man/bak.1 => /usr/share/man/man1/bak.1
- license.md => /usr/share/licenses/bak/LICENSE
## Dependencies
- bash
- coreutils
- tar
- zip
- unzip
## Usage
```
bak [options] ...
-c, --compress-using [default: tar-gz] tar-gz, tar-xz, tar-zst, tar-bzip2, zip
Compression format to use while creating the backup
-C, --compute-checksums-using [default: sha256] md5, sha1, sha224, sha384, sha256, sha512, b2
Compute checksums for all files in the archive
-f, --file-name [default: .bak.]
Name of resulting backup file
-d, --backup-directory [default: ~/Backups]
Directory to place the resulting backup file in
-e, --exclude-pattern
Pattern or name of file/dir to exclude from the archive
```
## Issues/contributing
Please feel free to open an issue on Github if the program does not work as
expected, or submit a pull request if you want to add a feature/fix a bug.
## License
This project is licensed under AGPL 3.0. A copy of the license can be found
in the [`/license.md`](./license.md) file.
```
bak 0.2.0 - A backup tool written in bash
Copyright (C) 2021 Vedant K (gamemaker1) \
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
```