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Backup script
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#!/bin/bash | |
# Timestamp | |
TIMESTAMP=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S") | |
# Configuration | |
BACKUP_DIR="/run/media/daniel/Backup" | |
HOME_DIR="$HOME" | |
LOG_FILE="$BACKUP_DIR/backup.$TIMESTAMP.log" | |
# Check if backup drive is mounted | |
if [ ! -d "$BACKUP_DIR" ]; then | |
echo "Backup drive not mounted at $BACKUP_DIR. Exiting." | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
echo "Backup started at $TIMESTAMP" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE" | |
# Backup home directory (excluding large/unnecessary folders) | |
echo "Backing up home directory..." | tee -a "$LOG_FILE" | |
rsync -aAXvz \ | |
--exclude='.cache' \ | |
--exclude=".local/share/Trash" \ | |
--exclude="Dropbox" \ | |
--exclude="OneDrive" \ | |
--exclude="maestral-venv" \ | |
--exclude="git-credential-manager" \ | |
"$HOME_DIR/" "$BACKUP_DIR/home/" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE" | |
# Backup important system configurations | |
echo "Backing up system configurations..." | tee -a "$LOG_FILE" | |
rsync -aAXvz /etc/ "$BACKUP_DIR/etc/" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE" | |
# Backup list of installed packages | |
echo "Backing up package lists..." | tee -a "$LOG_FILE" | |
mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR/packages" | |
if command -v apt &> /dev/null; then | |
# Debian/Ubuntu | |
dpkg --get-selections > "$BACKUP_DIR/packages/dpkg_selections.txt" | |
elif command -v dnf &> /dev/null; then | |
# Fedora/RHEL | |
dnf list --installed > "$BACKUP_DIR/packages/dnf_installed.txt" | |
dnf repoquery --userinstalled > "$BACKUP_DIR/packages/dnf_userinstalled.txt" | |
dnf group list --installed > "$BACKUP_DIR/packages/dnf_group_installed.txt" | |
fi | |
# Backup Flatpak applications | |
if command -v flatpak &> /dev/null; then | |
echo "Backing up Flatpak list..." | tee -a "$LOG_FILE" | |
mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR/flatpak" | |
flatpak list --app --columns=application > "$BACKUP_DIR/flatpak/flatpak_apps.txt" | |
fi | |
# Backup Brew applications | |
if command -v brew &> /dev/null; then | |
echo "Backing up Brewfile..." | tee -a "$LOG_FILE" | |
mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR/brew" | |
brew bundle dump --file "$BACKUP_DIR/brew/Brewfile" -f | |
fi | |
echo "Backup completed at $(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE" |
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