borg_backup.sh

#!/bin/sh

#Bail if borg is already running, maybe previous run didn't finish
if pidof -x borg >/dev/null; then
    echo "Backup already running"
        exit
fi

# Setting this, so the repo does not need to be given on the commandline:
export BORG_REPO=/mnt/backup/prox01/main

# Setting this, so you won't be asked for your repository passphrase:
export BORG_PASSPHRASE='password'
# or this to ask an external program to supply the passphrase:
export BORG_PASSCOMMAND='pass show backup'

# some helpers and error handling:
info() { printf "\n%s %s\n\n" "$( date )" "$*" >&2; }
trap 'echo $( date ) Backup interrupted >&2; exit 2' INT TERM

info "Starting backup"

# Backup the most important directories into an archive named after
# the machine this script is currently running on:

borg create                         \
    --verbose                       \
    --filter AME                    \
    --list                          \
    --stats                         \
    --show-rc                       \
    --compression zlib,9            \
    --exclude-caches                \
    --exclude '/home/*/.cache/*'    \
    --exclude '/var/cache/*'        \
    --exclude '/var/tmp/*'          \
    --exclude '/var/lib/docker/*'   \
    --exclude '/var/lib/lxcfs/*'    \
				    \
    ::'{hostname}-{now}'            \
    /etc                            \
    /home                           \
    /root                           \
    /var                            \
    /storage/proxmox/docker	    \

backup_exit=$?

info "Pruning repository"

# Use the `prune` subcommand to maintain 7 daily, 4 weekly and 6 monthly
# archives of THIS machine. The '{hostname}-' prefix is very important to
# limit prune's operation to this machine's archives and not apply to
# other machines' archives also:

borg prune                          \
    --list                          \
    --prefix '{hostname}-'          \
    --show-rc                       \
    --keep-daily    7               \
    --keep-weekly   4               \
    --keep-monthly  6               \

prune_exit=$?

# use highest exit code as global exit code
global_exit=$(( backup_exit > prune_exit ? backup_exit : prune_exit ))

if $global_exit: -eq 0 ; then
    info "Backup and Prune finished successfully"
elif  $global_exit -eq 1 ; then
    info "Backup and/or Prune finished with warnings"
else
    info "Backup and/or Prune finished with errors"
fi

exit ${global_exit}