Stop and start CrashPlan / code42 backups on OS X

README.md

This script enables you stop and start CrashPlan / Code42 backup on OS X

If you are concerned about exceeding data usage plans if you are tethering etc., you can utilize this script but be aware that your data WILL NOT BE BACKED UP

To launch the UI agent in the menubar, you'll need to open CrashPlan app after you have started the background service (daemon)

Credits: Most of this script is borrowed from Steve Jansen's script to Start/Stop Symantec Endpoint Protection and CrashPlan documentation

Installation

sudo curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/eapen/323b0ac5f2c9b48ae8cf9c6d0ce68ae6/raw/code42 -o /usr/local/bin/code42
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/code42
sudo chown root:staff /usr/local/bin/code42

/etc/sudoers

If your user account is not a member of the admin group (i.e., not an OS X Administrator), you need to add the following line to /etc/sudoers using sudo visudo tool:

myusername ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/sep

Example

me:~$ code42 stop
/usr/local/bin/code42: relaunching as sudo /usr/local/bin/code42 stop me
/usr/local/bin/code42: unloading CrashPlanService daemon and UI widget

me:~$ sudo /usr/local/bin/code42 start
/usr/local/bin/code42: relaunching as sudo /usr/local/bin/code42 start me
/usr/local/bin/code42: launching CrashPlanService daemon

Verify Service is not running

me:~$ code42 status

Example

Not Running

me:~$ code42 status
/usr/local/bin/code42: relaunching as sudo /usr/local/bin/code42 status me
/usr/local/bin/code42: checking whether service is running
       off

Running

me:~$ code42 status
/usr/local/bin/code42: relaunching as sudo /usr/local/bin/code42 status me
/usr/local/bin/code42: checking whether service is running
       off

code42

#!/bin/bash

# relaunch with sudo if we aren't root
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
   echo "$0: relaunching as sudo $0 $1 $USER"
   sudo "$0" $1 $USER
   exit $?
fi

real_user=$USER
if [ -n "$2" ]; then
  real_user=$2
fi

stop() {
  echo $0: unloading CrashPlanService daemon and UI widget
  launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.crashplan.engine.plist
}

start() {
  echo $0: launching CrashPlanService daemon
  launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.crashplan.engine.plist
}

status() {
  echo $0: checking whether service is running
  ps auxww | grep -i crashplanservice | grep -v grep | wc -l | sed 's/1/on/' | sed 's/0/off/'
}

case "$1" in
  start)
    start
    ;;
  stop)
    stop
    ;;
  status)
    status
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 [start|stop|status]"
    ;;
esac