backup-openwrt.sh

#!/bin/sh

[ -n "$(echo $@ | grep "\-debug")" ] && set -x

date=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-T%H-%M-%S)
host=$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/hostname)
backup_dir="/tmp/${host}-${date}"

mkdir -p ${backup_dir}

# backup installed package list to backup dir
# to restore packages do:
# cat backup-packages*  | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | while read PACKAGE; do echo $PACKAGE; done;
opkg list-installed > ${backup_dir}/backup-packages-${host}-${date};

# create config files backup using sysupgrade tool
sysupgrade --create-backup ${backup_dir}/backup-sysupgrade-${host}-${date}.tar.gz;