Check if a new backup should be triggered

README.md

This script can be added to your bash startup script in order to remind you to do weekly / daily backups.

check_backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

export RESTIC_PASSWORD=$(pass restic)

TIMESPAN="1 week ago"
DIR="/Users/stv0g"

ATLEAST=$(date --iso-8601=ns --date "${TIMESPAN}")

ALL=$(restic snapshots --json)
LAST=$(echo "${ALL}" | jq -r "map(select(.paths[] | contains (\"${DIR}\"))) | sort_by(.time) | .[1]")
TIME=$(echo "${LAST}" | jq -r ".time")

if [[ "${TIME}" < "${ATLEAST}" ]]; then
	echo "You should to do a backup!"
	echo "Last backup of ${DIR} was made on ${TIME} which is more than ${TIMESPAN}"
fi