Backup scripts

README

## Restoring with tar from a compressed archive.

### Test the command first with 't' argument

tar -ztvpf /archive/full-backup-02-March-2016.tar.gz

### Extract with 'x' argument

tar -zxvpf /archive/full-backup-02-March-2016.tar.gz

backup.sh

#! /bin/bash

# For restoration use,
# tar -zxvpf /archive/backup-xx-Oct-xxxx.tar.gz etc/profile
#  
# Only etc/profile is restored. Don't mention anything
# to restore completely. 

dev_dir='/Users/dinesh/Documents/developer'
my_dir='/Users/dinesh/Documents/my'
ext_hard_disk_dir="/Volumes/vault/backup/full-backup-`date '+%d-%B-%Y'`.tar.gz"

echo "Backing up data"
echo "$dev_dir $my_dir"
echo "Dest directory $ext_hard_disk_dir"

time tar -cf "$ext_hard_disk_dir" \
    --directory / \
    --exclude='node_modules' \
    --exclude='bower_components' \
    --exclude='source_code' \
    --exclude='utilities' \
    --exclude='.git' --exclude='venv' \
    --exclude='backup-and-restore' \
    "$dev_dir"

exit_status=$?
echo ""

if [ $exit_status -eq 0 ];then
    echo ">>>> Backup completed succesfully <<<<"
else
    echo ">>>> Backup failed <<<<"
fi

custom.sync.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC -//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN
http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd >
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
     <key>Label</key>
     <string>custom.sync</string>
     <key>ProgramArguments</key>
     <array>
          <string>/bin/bash</string>
          <string>/Path/to/sync.sh</string>
     </array>
     <key>KeepAlive</key>
     <true/>
     <key>RunAtLoad</key>
     <true/>
     <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
     <string>/Users/dinesh/logs/custom-sync.txt</string>
  </dict>
</plist>

sync.sh

#! /bin/bash

# This script syncs directories with google drive.

my_dir='/Users/dinesh/Documents/my'
dest_dir='/Users/dinesh/Google Drive/'


# Directories will be synced when any changes are detected
# to the directories being watched.

/usr/local/bin/fswatch -o "$my_dir" \
| while read
  do
    rsync -a --delete "$my_dir" "$dest_dir"
  done

Commands to start with launchctl.

~/.backup-and-restore

Put the custom.sync.plist file in ~/Library/LaunchDaemons

### Load a job

$ launchctl load -w  ~/Library/LaunchDaemons/custom.sync.plist

### Unload a job

$ launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchDaemons/custom.sync.plist

### List jobs

$ launchctl list
$ launchctl list | grep 'custom.sync'

Start and stop are not required.
### Starting a job

$ launchctl start custom.sync

### Stoping a job

$ launchctl stop custom.sync