Quick Backup Scripts

backup.sh

cd /data/Backups/gbmint02/
sudo tar -zcvf "etc_$(date +"%F").tar.gz" /etc
sudo tar -zcvf "run_$(date +"%F").tar.gz" /run
sudo tar -zcvf "root_$(date +"%F").tar.gz" /root
sudo tar -zcvf "var_$(date +"%F").tar.gz" /var

sudo tar --exclude="$HOME/.cache" --exclude="$HOME/.config.old" --exclude="$HOME/Dropbox" --exclude="$HOME/code/go/pkg" -zcvf "${SUDO_USER}_$(date +"%F").tar.gz" $HOME


$ snap list
Name                Version          Rev   Tracking  Publisher   Notes
aws-cli             1.16.129         143   stable    aws✓        classic
bitwarden           1.14.0           17    stable    bitwarden✓  -
core                16-2.38          6673  stable    canonical✓  core
core18              18               782   stable    canonical✓  base
gtk-common-themes   0.1-16-g2287c87  1198  stable    canonical✓  -
notepad-plus-plus   7.6.4            195   stable    mmtrt       -
skype               8.34.0.78        66    stable    skype✓      classic
wine-platform-i386  1.0              25    stable    mmtrt       -


#Backup apt sources https://askubuntu.com/a/99151/266909
mkdir /data/Backups/gbmint02/apt
cd /data/Backups/gbmint02/apt
dpkg --get-selections > Package.list
sudo cp -R /etc/apt/sources.list* .
sudo apt-key exportall > Repo.keys

fsarchiver.sh

#from http://www.fsarchiver.org/
#can be installed on mint live distro once you get Internet working
sudo -sE
apt-install fsarchiver

fsarchiver probe

#Note: if saving to fat32 have to add -s 1024 to split into 1GB sized files
#Or use -c - to prompt for a password

fsarchiver savefs /data/Backups/gbmint02/vfat.fsa /dev/sdd1
fsarchiver savefs /data/Backups/gbmint02/ext4.fsa /dev/sdd2
fsarchiver savefs /data/Backups/gbmint02/luks.fsa /dev/sdd3

#There are also savedir options for saving just folders