A script to backup chosen folders to an offline USB hard disk drive.

do_offline_backups.sh

#! /bin/bash

# Code by Bharath Bhushan Lohray
# https://bharath.lohray.com/
# github: lordloh
# bitbucket: lordloh

PART_ID="926fc38e-bc7e-467a-953e-25c6555939a0"
now=$(date)
echo "===== Running at $now ====="
if [ -b /dev/disk/by-uuid/"$PART_ID" ]; then
        echo "Partition Found!"
        mkdir ~/$PART_ID
        mount $PART_ID
        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                echo "Mounted"
                # Run backups
                rsync -r "/home/bharath/hubic/Datasheets" ~/$PART_ID/.
                rsync -r "/home/bharath/hubic/Harvard Business Review" ~/$PART_ID/.
                rsync -r "/home/bharath/hubic/IEEE Computer Magazine" ~/$PART_ID/.
                rsync -r "/home/bharath/hubic/Linux Journal" ~/$PART_ID/.
                rsync -r "/home/bharath/hubic/MagPi" ~/$PART_ID/.
                rsync -r "/home/bharath/hubic/Make Magazine" ~/$PART_ID/.
                rsync -r "/home/bharath/Photos" ~/$PART_ID/.
                rsync -rl "/home/bharath/Datasets" ~/$PART_ID/.
                sync
                df --output=size,used,avail,pcent -h $PART_ID
		free_space=$(df --output=avail -h $PART_ID)
		umount $PART_ID
		pushb "Vault backup done.[$free_space]"
		if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
			echo "Unmounted"
			rm -Rf ~/$PART_ID
			now=$(date)
			echo "===== Done at $now ====="
		fi
	fi
else
	echo ":-("
fi