Create a differential backup with rsync of a directory on my local drive to another directory on the same...
How can I use rsync (but neither rsnapshot nor rdiff-backup nor any other application) to create a differential backup of a directory located on my local drive to another directory located on that same local drive?
F. Hauri posted the following in an anwser to How to create a local backup?:
#!/bin/bash
backRepo=/media/mydisk
backSrce=/home/user
backDest=home
backCopy=copy
backCount=9
[ -d "$backRepo/$backDest" ] || mkdir "$backRepo/$backDest"
cd $backSrce || exit 1
rsync -ax --delete --exclude '*~' --exclude '.DStore' . "$backRepo/$backDest/."
cd $backRepo
[ -d "$backCopy.$backCount" ] && rm -fR "$backCopy.$backCount"
for ((i=$backCount;i--;));do
[ -d "$backCopy.$i" ] && mv "$backCopy.$i" "$backCopy.$((i+1))"
done
((i++))
cp -al $backDest $backCopy.$i
It seems like the above script is fairly close to what I want, but frankly despite spending about an hour studying Easy Automated Snapshot-Style Backups with Linux and Rsync I still only have a vague idea of how to make rsync do what I want.
Here's my use case:
I am editing a video locally on my machine. The sum of all of the hundreds of files associated with that video will be less than 5 gb (five gigabytes).
Currently, I use Grsync to back up my internal drive to an external USB drive. Although I actually figured out how to accomplish the identical task using rsync I prefer using Grsync because I merely need to launch it and then click on one button to backup my internal directory containing my video files to my external USB drive. The entire process is silky smooth.
Every few hours, I want a fairly smooth way to back up my the above-mentioned data associated with my video, to my Google Drive account. I don’t mind manually choosing to upload a folder to Google Drive. I actually sort of prefer having to do so because it would help me to ensure the backup was actually being accomplished.
Every few nights before I go to bed, I have been copying the entire folder containing the video files, which contains many gigs of data, up to my Google Drive account.
I prefer differential backups to incremental ones because in case I were to need to restore my data from Google Drive I would likely be able to do so manually without becoming confused.
Please keep in mind that I am certainly not a unix sys admin at a large corporation supporting hundreds of users. I am a merely one guy who wants an easy method, but not necessarily a completely automated method, to back up his data offsite every few hours in case of a catastrophic loss of data, which would be most likely due to the theft of my computer. I am almost certain rsync can do what I want. Therefore, I am reluctant to install another application.
linux backup rsync
add a comment |
How can I use rsync (but neither rsnapshot nor rdiff-backup nor any other application) to create a differential backup of a directory located on my local drive to another directory located on that same local drive?
F. Hauri posted the following in an anwser to How to create a local backup?:
#!/bin/bash
backRepo=/media/mydisk
backSrce=/home/user
backDest=home
backCopy=copy
backCount=9
[ -d "$backRepo/$backDest" ] || mkdir "$backRepo/$backDest"
cd $backSrce || exit 1
rsync -ax --delete --exclude '*~' --exclude '.DStore' . "$backRepo/$backDest/."
cd $backRepo
[ -d "$backCopy.$backCount" ] && rm -fR "$backCopy.$backCount"
for ((i=$backCount;i--;));do
[ -d "$backCopy.$i" ] && mv "$backCopy.$i" "$backCopy.$((i+1))"
done
((i++))
cp -al $backDest $backCopy.$i
It seems like the above script is fairly close to what I want, but frankly despite spending about an hour studying Easy Automated Snapshot-Style Backups with Linux and Rsync I still only have a vague idea of how to make rsync do what I want.
Here's my use case:
I am editing a video locally on my machine. The sum of all of the hundreds of files associated with that video will be less than 5 gb (five gigabytes).
Currently, I use Grsync to back up my internal drive to an external USB drive. Although I actually figured out how to accomplish the identical task using rsync I prefer using Grsync because I merely need to launch it and then click on one button to backup my internal directory containing my video files to my external USB drive. The entire process is silky smooth.
Every few hours, I want a fairly smooth way to back up my the above-mentioned data associated with my video, to my Google Drive account. I don’t mind manually choosing to upload a folder to Google Drive. I actually sort of prefer having to do so because it would help me to ensure the backup was actually being accomplished.
Every few nights before I go to bed, I have been copying the entire folder containing the video files, which contains many gigs of data, up to my Google Drive account.
I prefer differential backups to incremental ones because in case I were to need to restore my data from Google Drive I would likely be able to do so manually without becoming confused.
Please keep in mind that I am certainly not a unix sys admin at a large corporation supporting hundreds of users. I am a merely one guy who wants an easy method, but not necessarily a completely automated method, to back up his data offsite every few hours in case of a catastrophic loss of data, which would be most likely due to the theft of my computer. I am almost certain rsync can do what I want. Therefore, I am reluctant to install another application.
linux backup rsync
add a comment |
How can I use rsync (but neither rsnapshot nor rdiff-backup nor any other application) to create a differential backup of a directory located on my local drive to another directory located on that same local drive?
F. Hauri posted the following in an anwser to How to create a local backup?:
#!/bin/bash
backRepo=/media/mydisk
backSrce=/home/user
backDest=home
backCopy=copy
backCount=9
[ -d "$backRepo/$backDest" ] || mkdir "$backRepo/$backDest"
cd $backSrce || exit 1
rsync -ax --delete --exclude '*~' --exclude '.DStore' . "$backRepo/$backDest/."
cd $backRepo
[ -d "$backCopy.$backCount" ] && rm -fR "$backCopy.$backCount"
for ((i=$backCount;i--;));do
[ -d "$backCopy.$i" ] && mv "$backCopy.$i" "$backCopy.$((i+1))"
done
((i++))
cp -al $backDest $backCopy.$i
It seems like the above script is fairly close to what I want, but frankly despite spending about an hour studying Easy Automated Snapshot-Style Backups with Linux and Rsync I still only have a vague idea of how to make rsync do what I want.
Here's my use case:
I am editing a video locally on my machine. The sum of all of the hundreds of files associated with that video will be less than 5 gb (five gigabytes).
Currently, I use Grsync to back up my internal drive to an external USB drive. Although I actually figured out how to accomplish the identical task using rsync I prefer using Grsync because I merely need to launch it and then click on one button to backup my internal directory containing my video files to my external USB drive. The entire process is silky smooth.
Every few hours, I want a fairly smooth way to back up my the above-mentioned data associated with my video, to my Google Drive account. I don’t mind manually choosing to upload a folder to Google Drive. I actually sort of prefer having to do so because it would help me to ensure the backup was actually being accomplished.
Every few nights before I go to bed, I have been copying the entire folder containing the video files, which contains many gigs of data, up to my Google Drive account.
I prefer differential backups to incremental ones because in case I were to need to restore my data from Google Drive I would likely be able to do so manually without becoming confused.
Please keep in mind that I am certainly not a unix sys admin at a large corporation supporting hundreds of users. I am a merely one guy who wants an easy method, but not necessarily a completely automated method, to back up his data offsite every few hours in case of a catastrophic loss of data, which would be most likely due to the theft of my computer. I am almost certain rsync can do what I want. Therefore, I am reluctant to install another application.
linux backup rsync
How can I use rsync (but neither rsnapshot nor rdiff-backup nor any other application) to create a differential backup of a directory located on my local drive to another directory located on that same local drive?
F. Hauri posted the following in an anwser to How to create a local backup?:
#!/bin/bash
backRepo=/media/mydisk
backSrce=/home/user
backDest=home
backCopy=copy
backCount=9
[ -d "$backRepo/$backDest" ] || mkdir "$backRepo/$backDest"
cd $backSrce || exit 1
rsync -ax --delete --exclude '*~' --exclude '.DStore' . "$backRepo/$backDest/."
cd $backRepo
[ -d "$backCopy.$backCount" ] && rm -fR "$backCopy.$backCount"
for ((i=$backCount;i--;));do
[ -d "$backCopy.$i" ] && mv "$backCopy.$i" "$backCopy.$((i+1))"
done
((i++))
cp -al $backDest $backCopy.$i
It seems like the above script is fairly close to what I want, but frankly despite spending about an hour studying Easy Automated Snapshot-Style Backups with Linux and Rsync I still only have a vague idea of how to make rsync do what I want.
Here's my use case:
I am editing a video locally on my machine. The sum of all of the hundreds of files associated with that video will be less than 5 gb (five gigabytes).
Currently, I use Grsync to back up my internal drive to an external USB drive. Although I actually figured out how to accomplish the identical task using rsync I prefer using Grsync because I merely need to launch it and then click on one button to backup my internal directory containing my video files to my external USB drive. The entire process is silky smooth.
Every few hours, I want a fairly smooth way to back up my the above-mentioned data associated with my video, to my Google Drive account. I don’t mind manually choosing to upload a folder to Google Drive. I actually sort of prefer having to do so because it would help me to ensure the backup was actually being accomplished.
Every few nights before I go to bed, I have been copying the entire folder containing the video files, which contains many gigs of data, up to my Google Drive account.
I prefer differential backups to incremental ones because in case I were to need to restore my data from Google Drive I would likely be able to do so manually without becoming confused.
Please keep in mind that I am certainly not a unix sys admin at a large corporation supporting hundreds of users. I am a merely one guy who wants an easy method, but not necessarily a completely automated method, to back up his data offsite every few hours in case of a catastrophic loss of data, which would be most likely due to the theft of my computer. I am almost certain rsync can do what I want. Therefore, I am reluctant to install another application.
linux backup rsync
linux backup rsync
edited Sep 21 '16 at 8:44
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Here ya go!
#!/bin/bash
# written by strobelight, you know who you are.
# license, MIT, go for it.
me=`basename $0`
EXCLUDES="
--exclude '*~'
--exclude '.DS_Store'
"
CANDIDATES=/tmp/candidates
usage() {
cat <<EOF
$me last_diff_dir new_diff_dir [ dir_to_copy ]
where:
last_diff_dir is the directory containing the last differential
new_diff_dir is the directory you want files saved to
dir_to_copy is optional and is the directory to copy from (default .)
cd directory_to_backup
Full backup: $me full_back full_back
Diff backup: $me full_back diff_1
Diff backup: $me full_back diff_2
EOF
exit 1
}
get_dir() {
HERE=`pwd`
cd $1
x=`pwd`
cd $HERE
echo $x
}
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
usage
fi
LAST_DIR="$1"
NEW_DIR="$2"
DIR_TO_COPY="${3:-.}"
mkdir -p "$LAST_DIR" || exit 1
mkdir -p "$NEW_DIR" || exit 1
[ -d "$LAST_DIR" ] || usage
[ -d "$NEW_DIR" ] || usage
[ -d "$DIR_TO_COPY" ] || usage
LAST_DIR=`get_dir "$LAST_DIR"`
NEW_DIR=`get_dir "$NEW_DIR"`
DIR_TO_COPY=`get_dir "$DIR_TO_COPY"`
# get list of what's different
eval rsync -v --dry-run -axH --delete --update $EXCLUDES "$DIR_TO_COPY/" "$LAST_DIR" | awk '
/building file list/ { next }
/^$/ {next}
/bytes.*received/ { nextfile }
{
for(i=5;i<NF;i++) {
printf("%s ",$i)
}
printf("%sn",$NF)
}
' | sed 's:/$::' > $CANDIDATES
#cat $CANDIDATES
# use list to backup
eval rsync --files-from=$CANDIDATES -lptgoDxH --delete $EXCLUDES ${DIR_TO_COPY}/ $NEW_DIR
For example, my current directory has 3 8k files:
$ ls -1sk
total 24
8 seg1
8 seg2
8 seg3
My full backup doesn't yet exist, let's call that directory full_bak
ls ../full_bak
ls: ../full_bak: No such file or directory
First we need a full backup from which to do differentials. I've copied the script to my $HOME/bin directory as test123.sh. When both args are the same, that's essentially performing a full backup.
$HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../full_bak
script outputs
.
seg1
seg2
seg3
Now look at ../full_bak
$ ls -1sk ../full_bak
total 24
8 seg1
8 seg2
8 seg3
Make some changes
dd if=/dev/zero of=seg2 bs=512 count=11
Confirm there are differences:
$ diff -q . ../full_bak
Files ./seg2 and ../full_bak/seg2 differ
Now create a differential
$ $HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../differential1
seg2
Look at differential having just the file thats different from the last full backup
$ ls -1sk ../differential1/
total 8
8 seg2
Make another change
dd if=/dev/zero of=seg4 bs=512 count=10
Check what's different
diff -q . ../full_bak
Files ./seg2 and ../full_bak/seg2 differ
Only in .: seg4
and see we have a new file that's not in our full backup, and a changed file from before.
Do another differential to another directory
$ $HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../differential2
.
seg2
seg4
and see the new differential has the 1st differential as well as the new file
$ ls -1sk ../differential2
total 16
8 seg2
8 seg4
Differential Backups
Here's a fullbackup wrapper using test123.sh:
#!/bin/bash
FULLDIR=/media/mydisk/home
SRCDIR=/home/user
$HOME/bin/test123.sh $FULLDIR $FULLDIR $SRCDIR
Here's a differential script creating sub directories based on the hour:
#!/bin/bash
FULLDIR=/media/mydisk/fullbackup/home
DIFFDIR=/media/mydisk/differentials/home
SRCDIR=/home/user
DIFFSUB=`date '+BAK_%H'`
$HOME/bin/test123.sh $FULLDIR $DIFFDIR/$DIFFSUB $SRCDIR
Hi @Strobelight, Thank you very much. I spent about half an hour trying to understand what to do and trying to do it, but I failed. I saved your script as “testing123.sh” in my home directory. I navigated to Properties–>Permissions for testing123.sh and checked the check box next to “Allow this file to run as a program.” In my home directory I created these directories: last_diff_dir, new_diff_dir, and dir_to_copy. I put a file into dir_to_copy. I ran testing123.sh. Then I checked new_diff_dir. It was empty. I hope you will help me. Thanks,
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 8:41
Just in case the comma appended to your name in the comment immediately above prevents you from being notified, I added this comment without the comma.
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 8:59
Hi @Yekutiel, based on your comments it would appear you're using windows and not linux. The script must be run via command prompt. Running the script without args shows help. You don't need to create the directories it needs. The help shows some usage. You need to create a full backup at least once, and that's done by passing in the same directory as the 1st 2 args. The 3rd arg is the directory you want to back up and is optional since it uses current directory by default. The 1st 2 args should not be directories within the backed up directory. Hope that helps.
– strobelight
Sep 22 '16 at 12:45
Hi @strobelight. Thanks for your prompt and detailed reply. I'm running Linux (GalliumOS 2.0 runs on top of Xubuntu). I am still confused. I often run... #!/bin/sh gnome-screensaver-command --lock... from a GUI similar to the manner I indicated running testing123.sh. I make rsync backups to my external USB using an app called Grsync. In Grsync I can choose to view the following... rsync -r -t -v --progress --delete -s /home/y/test/input /home/y/test/output... and then copy and paste to a Terminal. But I prefer to use a GUI. Please ELI5 with a hypothetical example from start to finish. Thanks!
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 16:19
I want to clarify my penultimate comment. I don't need a GUI for the ELI5 hypothetical I requested. Instead I will gladly run them in a Terminal. I can get by ok with a CLE. But GUIs simply work better for my mind because although I think in a precise logical manner, I don't think "in math", I think "in pictures." It used to drive the devs I worked with crazy. They would say something like "2 + 2 =4". Then I would reply, "Oh. I see. If you have two trees and two more trees then you have a total of four trees. Are they standing alone or in a forest?" They would say, "Yes. 2 + 2 =4"
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 16:29
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#!/bin/bash
# written by strobelight, you know who you are.
# license, MIT, go for it.
me=`basename $0`
EXCLUDES="
--exclude '*~'
--exclude '.DS_Store'
"
CANDIDATES=/tmp/candidates
usage() {
cat <<EOF
$me last_diff_dir new_diff_dir [ dir_to_copy ]
where:
last_diff_dir is the directory containing the last differential
new_diff_dir is the directory you want files saved to
dir_to_copy is optional and is the directory to copy from (default .)
cd directory_to_backup
Full backup: $me full_back full_back
Diff backup: $me full_back diff_1
Diff backup: $me full_back diff_2
EOF
exit 1
}
get_dir() {
HERE=`pwd`
cd $1
x=`pwd`
cd $HERE
echo $x
}
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
usage
fi
LAST_DIR="$1"
NEW_DIR="$2"
DIR_TO_COPY="${3:-.}"
mkdir -p "$LAST_DIR" || exit 1
mkdir -p "$NEW_DIR" || exit 1
[ -d "$LAST_DIR" ] || usage
[ -d "$NEW_DIR" ] || usage
[ -d "$DIR_TO_COPY" ] || usage
LAST_DIR=`get_dir "$LAST_DIR"`
NEW_DIR=`get_dir "$NEW_DIR"`
DIR_TO_COPY=`get_dir "$DIR_TO_COPY"`
# get list of what's different
eval rsync -v --dry-run -axH --delete --update $EXCLUDES "$DIR_TO_COPY/" "$LAST_DIR" | awk '
/building file list/ { next }
/^$/ {next}
/bytes.*received/ { nextfile }
{
for(i=5;i<NF;i++) {
printf("%s ",$i)
}
printf("%sn",$NF)
}
' | sed 's:/$::' > $CANDIDATES
#cat $CANDIDATES
# use list to backup
eval rsync --files-from=$CANDIDATES -lptgoDxH --delete $EXCLUDES ${DIR_TO_COPY}/ $NEW_DIR
For example, my current directory has 3 8k files:
$ ls -1sk
total 24
8 seg1
8 seg2
8 seg3
My full backup doesn't yet exist, let's call that directory full_bak
ls ../full_bak
ls: ../full_bak: No such file or directory
First we need a full backup from which to do differentials. I've copied the script to my $HOME/bin directory as test123.sh. When both args are the same, that's essentially performing a full backup.
$HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../full_bak
script outputs
.
seg1
seg2
seg3
Now look at ../full_bak
$ ls -1sk ../full_bak
total 24
8 seg1
8 seg2
8 seg3
Make some changes
dd if=/dev/zero of=seg2 bs=512 count=11
Confirm there are differences:
$ diff -q . ../full_bak
Files ./seg2 and ../full_bak/seg2 differ
Now create a differential
$ $HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../differential1
seg2
Look at differential having just the file thats different from the last full backup
$ ls -1sk ../differential1/
total 8
8 seg2
Make another change
dd if=/dev/zero of=seg4 bs=512 count=10
Check what's different
diff -q . ../full_bak
Files ./seg2 and ../full_bak/seg2 differ
Only in .: seg4
and see we have a new file that's not in our full backup, and a changed file from before.
Do another differential to another directory
$ $HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../differential2
.
seg2
seg4
and see the new differential has the 1st differential as well as the new file
$ ls -1sk ../differential2
total 16
8 seg2
8 seg4
Differential Backups
Here's a fullbackup wrapper using test123.sh:
#!/bin/bash
FULLDIR=/media/mydisk/home
SRCDIR=/home/user
$HOME/bin/test123.sh $FULLDIR $FULLDIR $SRCDIR
Here's a differential script creating sub directories based on the hour:
#!/bin/bash
FULLDIR=/media/mydisk/fullbackup/home
DIFFDIR=/media/mydisk/differentials/home
SRCDIR=/home/user
DIFFSUB=`date '+BAK_%H'`
$HOME/bin/test123.sh $FULLDIR $DIFFDIR/$DIFFSUB $SRCDIR
Hi @Strobelight, Thank you very much. I spent about half an hour trying to understand what to do and trying to do it, but I failed. I saved your script as “testing123.sh” in my home directory. I navigated to Properties–>Permissions for testing123.sh and checked the check box next to “Allow this file to run as a program.” In my home directory I created these directories: last_diff_dir, new_diff_dir, and dir_to_copy. I put a file into dir_to_copy. I ran testing123.sh. Then I checked new_diff_dir. It was empty. I hope you will help me. Thanks,
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 8:41
Just in case the comma appended to your name in the comment immediately above prevents you from being notified, I added this comment without the comma.
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 8:59
Hi @Yekutiel, based on your comments it would appear you're using windows and not linux. The script must be run via command prompt. Running the script without args shows help. You don't need to create the directories it needs. The help shows some usage. You need to create a full backup at least once, and that's done by passing in the same directory as the 1st 2 args. The 3rd arg is the directory you want to back up and is optional since it uses current directory by default. The 1st 2 args should not be directories within the backed up directory. Hope that helps.
– strobelight
Sep 22 '16 at 12:45
Hi @strobelight. Thanks for your prompt and detailed reply. I'm running Linux (GalliumOS 2.0 runs on top of Xubuntu). I am still confused. I often run... #!/bin/sh gnome-screensaver-command --lock... from a GUI similar to the manner I indicated running testing123.sh. I make rsync backups to my external USB using an app called Grsync. In Grsync I can choose to view the following... rsync -r -t -v --progress --delete -s /home/y/test/input /home/y/test/output... and then copy and paste to a Terminal. But I prefer to use a GUI. Please ELI5 with a hypothetical example from start to finish. Thanks!
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 16:19
I want to clarify my penultimate comment. I don't need a GUI for the ELI5 hypothetical I requested. Instead I will gladly run them in a Terminal. I can get by ok with a CLE. But GUIs simply work better for my mind because although I think in a precise logical manner, I don't think "in math", I think "in pictures." It used to drive the devs I worked with crazy. They would say something like "2 + 2 =4". Then I would reply, "Oh. I see. If you have two trees and two more trees then you have a total of four trees. Are they standing alone or in a forest?" They would say, "Yes. 2 + 2 =4"
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 16:29
|
show 16 more comments
Here ya go!
#!/bin/bash
# written by strobelight, you know who you are.
# license, MIT, go for it.
me=`basename $0`
EXCLUDES="
--exclude '*~'
--exclude '.DS_Store'
"
CANDIDATES=/tmp/candidates
usage() {
cat <<EOF
$me last_diff_dir new_diff_dir [ dir_to_copy ]
where:
last_diff_dir is the directory containing the last differential
new_diff_dir is the directory you want files saved to
dir_to_copy is optional and is the directory to copy from (default .)
cd directory_to_backup
Full backup: $me full_back full_back
Diff backup: $me full_back diff_1
Diff backup: $me full_back diff_2
EOF
exit 1
}
get_dir() {
HERE=`pwd`
cd $1
x=`pwd`
cd $HERE
echo $x
}
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
usage
fi
LAST_DIR="$1"
NEW_DIR="$2"
DIR_TO_COPY="${3:-.}"
mkdir -p "$LAST_DIR" || exit 1
mkdir -p "$NEW_DIR" || exit 1
[ -d "$LAST_DIR" ] || usage
[ -d "$NEW_DIR" ] || usage
[ -d "$DIR_TO_COPY" ] || usage
LAST_DIR=`get_dir "$LAST_DIR"`
NEW_DIR=`get_dir "$NEW_DIR"`
DIR_TO_COPY=`get_dir "$DIR_TO_COPY"`
# get list of what's different
eval rsync -v --dry-run -axH --delete --update $EXCLUDES "$DIR_TO_COPY/" "$LAST_DIR" | awk '
/building file list/ { next }
/^$/ {next}
/bytes.*received/ { nextfile }
{
for(i=5;i<NF;i++) {
printf("%s ",$i)
}
printf("%sn",$NF)
}
' | sed 's:/$::' > $CANDIDATES
#cat $CANDIDATES
# use list to backup
eval rsync --files-from=$CANDIDATES -lptgoDxH --delete $EXCLUDES ${DIR_TO_COPY}/ $NEW_DIR
For example, my current directory has 3 8k files:
$ ls -1sk
total 24
8 seg1
8 seg2
8 seg3
My full backup doesn't yet exist, let's call that directory full_bak
ls ../full_bak
ls: ../full_bak: No such file or directory
First we need a full backup from which to do differentials. I've copied the script to my $HOME/bin directory as test123.sh. When both args are the same, that's essentially performing a full backup.
$HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../full_bak
script outputs
.
seg1
seg2
seg3
Now look at ../full_bak
$ ls -1sk ../full_bak
total 24
8 seg1
8 seg2
8 seg3
Make some changes
dd if=/dev/zero of=seg2 bs=512 count=11
Confirm there are differences:
$ diff -q . ../full_bak
Files ./seg2 and ../full_bak/seg2 differ
Now create a differential
$ $HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../differential1
seg2
Look at differential having just the file thats different from the last full backup
$ ls -1sk ../differential1/
total 8
8 seg2
Make another change
dd if=/dev/zero of=seg4 bs=512 count=10
Check what's different
diff -q . ../full_bak
Files ./seg2 and ../full_bak/seg2 differ
Only in .: seg4
and see we have a new file that's not in our full backup, and a changed file from before.
Do another differential to another directory
$ $HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../differential2
.
seg2
seg4
and see the new differential has the 1st differential as well as the new file
$ ls -1sk ../differential2
total 16
8 seg2
8 seg4
Differential Backups
Here's a fullbackup wrapper using test123.sh:
#!/bin/bash
FULLDIR=/media/mydisk/home
SRCDIR=/home/user
$HOME/bin/test123.sh $FULLDIR $FULLDIR $SRCDIR
Here's a differential script creating sub directories based on the hour:
#!/bin/bash
FULLDIR=/media/mydisk/fullbackup/home
DIFFDIR=/media/mydisk/differentials/home
SRCDIR=/home/user
DIFFSUB=`date '+BAK_%H'`
$HOME/bin/test123.sh $FULLDIR $DIFFDIR/$DIFFSUB $SRCDIR
Hi @Strobelight, Thank you very much. I spent about half an hour trying to understand what to do and trying to do it, but I failed. I saved your script as “testing123.sh” in my home directory. I navigated to Properties–>Permissions for testing123.sh and checked the check box next to “Allow this file to run as a program.” In my home directory I created these directories: last_diff_dir, new_diff_dir, and dir_to_copy. I put a file into dir_to_copy. I ran testing123.sh. Then I checked new_diff_dir. It was empty. I hope you will help me. Thanks,
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 8:41
Just in case the comma appended to your name in the comment immediately above prevents you from being notified, I added this comment without the comma.
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 8:59
Hi @Yekutiel, based on your comments it would appear you're using windows and not linux. The script must be run via command prompt. Running the script without args shows help. You don't need to create the directories it needs. The help shows some usage. You need to create a full backup at least once, and that's done by passing in the same directory as the 1st 2 args. The 3rd arg is the directory you want to back up and is optional since it uses current directory by default. The 1st 2 args should not be directories within the backed up directory. Hope that helps.
– strobelight
Sep 22 '16 at 12:45
Hi @strobelight. Thanks for your prompt and detailed reply. I'm running Linux (GalliumOS 2.0 runs on top of Xubuntu). I am still confused. I often run... #!/bin/sh gnome-screensaver-command --lock... from a GUI similar to the manner I indicated running testing123.sh. I make rsync backups to my external USB using an app called Grsync. In Grsync I can choose to view the following... rsync -r -t -v --progress --delete -s /home/y/test/input /home/y/test/output... and then copy and paste to a Terminal. But I prefer to use a GUI. Please ELI5 with a hypothetical example from start to finish. Thanks!
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 16:19
I want to clarify my penultimate comment. I don't need a GUI for the ELI5 hypothetical I requested. Instead I will gladly run them in a Terminal. I can get by ok with a CLE. But GUIs simply work better for my mind because although I think in a precise logical manner, I don't think "in math", I think "in pictures." It used to drive the devs I worked with crazy. They would say something like "2 + 2 =4". Then I would reply, "Oh. I see. If you have two trees and two more trees then you have a total of four trees. Are they standing alone or in a forest?" They would say, "Yes. 2 + 2 =4"
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 16:29
|
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Here ya go!
#!/bin/bash
# written by strobelight, you know who you are.
# license, MIT, go for it.
me=`basename $0`
EXCLUDES="
--exclude '*~'
--exclude '.DS_Store'
"
CANDIDATES=/tmp/candidates
usage() {
cat <<EOF
$me last_diff_dir new_diff_dir [ dir_to_copy ]
where:
last_diff_dir is the directory containing the last differential
new_diff_dir is the directory you want files saved to
dir_to_copy is optional and is the directory to copy from (default .)
cd directory_to_backup
Full backup: $me full_back full_back
Diff backup: $me full_back diff_1
Diff backup: $me full_back diff_2
EOF
exit 1
}
get_dir() {
HERE=`pwd`
cd $1
x=`pwd`
cd $HERE
echo $x
}
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
usage
fi
LAST_DIR="$1"
NEW_DIR="$2"
DIR_TO_COPY="${3:-.}"
mkdir -p "$LAST_DIR" || exit 1
mkdir -p "$NEW_DIR" || exit 1
[ -d "$LAST_DIR" ] || usage
[ -d "$NEW_DIR" ] || usage
[ -d "$DIR_TO_COPY" ] || usage
LAST_DIR=`get_dir "$LAST_DIR"`
NEW_DIR=`get_dir "$NEW_DIR"`
DIR_TO_COPY=`get_dir "$DIR_TO_COPY"`
# get list of what's different
eval rsync -v --dry-run -axH --delete --update $EXCLUDES "$DIR_TO_COPY/" "$LAST_DIR" | awk '
/building file list/ { next }
/^$/ {next}
/bytes.*received/ { nextfile }
{
for(i=5;i<NF;i++) {
printf("%s ",$i)
}
printf("%sn",$NF)
}
' | sed 's:/$::' > $CANDIDATES
#cat $CANDIDATES
# use list to backup
eval rsync --files-from=$CANDIDATES -lptgoDxH --delete $EXCLUDES ${DIR_TO_COPY}/ $NEW_DIR
For example, my current directory has 3 8k files:
$ ls -1sk
total 24
8 seg1
8 seg2
8 seg3
My full backup doesn't yet exist, let's call that directory full_bak
ls ../full_bak
ls: ../full_bak: No such file or directory
First we need a full backup from which to do differentials. I've copied the script to my $HOME/bin directory as test123.sh. When both args are the same, that's essentially performing a full backup.
$HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../full_bak
script outputs
.
seg1
seg2
seg3
Now look at ../full_bak
$ ls -1sk ../full_bak
total 24
8 seg1
8 seg2
8 seg3
Make some changes
dd if=/dev/zero of=seg2 bs=512 count=11
Confirm there are differences:
$ diff -q . ../full_bak
Files ./seg2 and ../full_bak/seg2 differ
Now create a differential
$ $HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../differential1
seg2
Look at differential having just the file thats different from the last full backup
$ ls -1sk ../differential1/
total 8
8 seg2
Make another change
dd if=/dev/zero of=seg4 bs=512 count=10
Check what's different
diff -q . ../full_bak
Files ./seg2 and ../full_bak/seg2 differ
Only in .: seg4
and see we have a new file that's not in our full backup, and a changed file from before.
Do another differential to another directory
$ $HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../differential2
.
seg2
seg4
and see the new differential has the 1st differential as well as the new file
$ ls -1sk ../differential2
total 16
8 seg2
8 seg4
Differential Backups
Here's a fullbackup wrapper using test123.sh:
#!/bin/bash
FULLDIR=/media/mydisk/home
SRCDIR=/home/user
$HOME/bin/test123.sh $FULLDIR $FULLDIR $SRCDIR
Here's a differential script creating sub directories based on the hour:
#!/bin/bash
FULLDIR=/media/mydisk/fullbackup/home
DIFFDIR=/media/mydisk/differentials/home
SRCDIR=/home/user
DIFFSUB=`date '+BAK_%H'`
$HOME/bin/test123.sh $FULLDIR $DIFFDIR/$DIFFSUB $SRCDIR
Here ya go!
#!/bin/bash
# written by strobelight, you know who you are.
# license, MIT, go for it.
me=`basename $0`
EXCLUDES="
--exclude '*~'
--exclude '.DS_Store'
"
CANDIDATES=/tmp/candidates
usage() {
cat <<EOF
$me last_diff_dir new_diff_dir [ dir_to_copy ]
where:
last_diff_dir is the directory containing the last differential
new_diff_dir is the directory you want files saved to
dir_to_copy is optional and is the directory to copy from (default .)
cd directory_to_backup
Full backup: $me full_back full_back
Diff backup: $me full_back diff_1
Diff backup: $me full_back diff_2
EOF
exit 1
}
get_dir() {
HERE=`pwd`
cd $1
x=`pwd`
cd $HERE
echo $x
}
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
usage
fi
LAST_DIR="$1"
NEW_DIR="$2"
DIR_TO_COPY="${3:-.}"
mkdir -p "$LAST_DIR" || exit 1
mkdir -p "$NEW_DIR" || exit 1
[ -d "$LAST_DIR" ] || usage
[ -d "$NEW_DIR" ] || usage
[ -d "$DIR_TO_COPY" ] || usage
LAST_DIR=`get_dir "$LAST_DIR"`
NEW_DIR=`get_dir "$NEW_DIR"`
DIR_TO_COPY=`get_dir "$DIR_TO_COPY"`
# get list of what's different
eval rsync -v --dry-run -axH --delete --update $EXCLUDES "$DIR_TO_COPY/" "$LAST_DIR" | awk '
/building file list/ { next }
/^$/ {next}
/bytes.*received/ { nextfile }
{
for(i=5;i<NF;i++) {
printf("%s ",$i)
}
printf("%sn",$NF)
}
' | sed 's:/$::' > $CANDIDATES
#cat $CANDIDATES
# use list to backup
eval rsync --files-from=$CANDIDATES -lptgoDxH --delete $EXCLUDES ${DIR_TO_COPY}/ $NEW_DIR
For example, my current directory has 3 8k files:
$ ls -1sk
total 24
8 seg1
8 seg2
8 seg3
My full backup doesn't yet exist, let's call that directory full_bak
ls ../full_bak
ls: ../full_bak: No such file or directory
First we need a full backup from which to do differentials. I've copied the script to my $HOME/bin directory as test123.sh. When both args are the same, that's essentially performing a full backup.
$HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../full_bak
script outputs
.
seg1
seg2
seg3
Now look at ../full_bak
$ ls -1sk ../full_bak
total 24
8 seg1
8 seg2
8 seg3
Make some changes
dd if=/dev/zero of=seg2 bs=512 count=11
Confirm there are differences:
$ diff -q . ../full_bak
Files ./seg2 and ../full_bak/seg2 differ
Now create a differential
$ $HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../differential1
seg2
Look at differential having just the file thats different from the last full backup
$ ls -1sk ../differential1/
total 8
8 seg2
Make another change
dd if=/dev/zero of=seg4 bs=512 count=10
Check what's different
diff -q . ../full_bak
Files ./seg2 and ../full_bak/seg2 differ
Only in .: seg4
and see we have a new file that's not in our full backup, and a changed file from before.
Do another differential to another directory
$ $HOME/bin/test123.sh ../full_bak ../differential2
.
seg2
seg4
and see the new differential has the 1st differential as well as the new file
$ ls -1sk ../differential2
total 16
8 seg2
8 seg4
Differential Backups
Here's a fullbackup wrapper using test123.sh:
#!/bin/bash
FULLDIR=/media/mydisk/home
SRCDIR=/home/user
$HOME/bin/test123.sh $FULLDIR $FULLDIR $SRCDIR
Here's a differential script creating sub directories based on the hour:
#!/bin/bash
FULLDIR=/media/mydisk/fullbackup/home
DIFFDIR=/media/mydisk/differentials/home
SRCDIR=/home/user
DIFFSUB=`date '+BAK_%H'`
$HOME/bin/test123.sh $FULLDIR $DIFFDIR/$DIFFSUB $SRCDIR
edited Sep 22 '16 at 18:07
answered Sep 22 '16 at 4:23
strobelightstrobelight
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Hi @Strobelight, Thank you very much. I spent about half an hour trying to understand what to do and trying to do it, but I failed. I saved your script as “testing123.sh” in my home directory. I navigated to Properties–>Permissions for testing123.sh and checked the check box next to “Allow this file to run as a program.” In my home directory I created these directories: last_diff_dir, new_diff_dir, and dir_to_copy. I put a file into dir_to_copy. I ran testing123.sh. Then I checked new_diff_dir. It was empty. I hope you will help me. Thanks,
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 8:41
Just in case the comma appended to your name in the comment immediately above prevents you from being notified, I added this comment without the comma.
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 8:59
Hi @Yekutiel, based on your comments it would appear you're using windows and not linux. The script must be run via command prompt. Running the script without args shows help. You don't need to create the directories it needs. The help shows some usage. You need to create a full backup at least once, and that's done by passing in the same directory as the 1st 2 args. The 3rd arg is the directory you want to back up and is optional since it uses current directory by default. The 1st 2 args should not be directories within the backed up directory. Hope that helps.
– strobelight
Sep 22 '16 at 12:45
Hi @strobelight. Thanks for your prompt and detailed reply. I'm running Linux (GalliumOS 2.0 runs on top of Xubuntu). I am still confused. I often run... #!/bin/sh gnome-screensaver-command --lock... from a GUI similar to the manner I indicated running testing123.sh. I make rsync backups to my external USB using an app called Grsync. In Grsync I can choose to view the following... rsync -r -t -v --progress --delete -s /home/y/test/input /home/y/test/output... and then copy and paste to a Terminal. But I prefer to use a GUI. Please ELI5 with a hypothetical example from start to finish. Thanks!
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 16:19
I want to clarify my penultimate comment. I don't need a GUI for the ELI5 hypothetical I requested. Instead I will gladly run them in a Terminal. I can get by ok with a CLE. But GUIs simply work better for my mind because although I think in a precise logical manner, I don't think "in math", I think "in pictures." It used to drive the devs I worked with crazy. They would say something like "2 + 2 =4". Then I would reply, "Oh. I see. If you have two trees and two more trees then you have a total of four trees. Are they standing alone or in a forest?" They would say, "Yes. 2 + 2 =4"
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 16:29
|
show 16 more comments
Hi @Strobelight, Thank you very much. I spent about half an hour trying to understand what to do and trying to do it, but I failed. I saved your script as “testing123.sh” in my home directory. I navigated to Properties–>Permissions for testing123.sh and checked the check box next to “Allow this file to run as a program.” In my home directory I created these directories: last_diff_dir, new_diff_dir, and dir_to_copy. I put a file into dir_to_copy. I ran testing123.sh. Then I checked new_diff_dir. It was empty. I hope you will help me. Thanks,
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 8:41
Just in case the comma appended to your name in the comment immediately above prevents you from being notified, I added this comment without the comma.
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 8:59
Hi @Yekutiel, based on your comments it would appear you're using windows and not linux. The script must be run via command prompt. Running the script without args shows help. You don't need to create the directories it needs. The help shows some usage. You need to create a full backup at least once, and that's done by passing in the same directory as the 1st 2 args. The 3rd arg is the directory you want to back up and is optional since it uses current directory by default. The 1st 2 args should not be directories within the backed up directory. Hope that helps.
– strobelight
Sep 22 '16 at 12:45
Hi @strobelight. Thanks for your prompt and detailed reply. I'm running Linux (GalliumOS 2.0 runs on top of Xubuntu). I am still confused. I often run... #!/bin/sh gnome-screensaver-command --lock... from a GUI similar to the manner I indicated running testing123.sh. I make rsync backups to my external USB using an app called Grsync. In Grsync I can choose to view the following... rsync -r -t -v --progress --delete -s /home/y/test/input /home/y/test/output... and then copy and paste to a Terminal. But I prefer to use a GUI. Please ELI5 with a hypothetical example from start to finish. Thanks!
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 16:19
I want to clarify my penultimate comment. I don't need a GUI for the ELI5 hypothetical I requested. Instead I will gladly run them in a Terminal. I can get by ok with a CLE. But GUIs simply work better for my mind because although I think in a precise logical manner, I don't think "in math", I think "in pictures." It used to drive the devs I worked with crazy. They would say something like "2 + 2 =4". Then I would reply, "Oh. I see. If you have two trees and two more trees then you have a total of four trees. Are they standing alone or in a forest?" They would say, "Yes. 2 + 2 =4"
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 16:29
Hi @Strobelight, Thank you very much. I spent about half an hour trying to understand what to do and trying to do it, but I failed. I saved your script as “testing123.sh” in my home directory. I navigated to Properties–>Permissions for testing123.sh and checked the check box next to “Allow this file to run as a program.” In my home directory I created these directories: last_diff_dir, new_diff_dir, and dir_to_copy. I put a file into dir_to_copy. I ran testing123.sh. Then I checked new_diff_dir. It was empty. I hope you will help me. Thanks,
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 8:41
Hi @Strobelight, Thank you very much. I spent about half an hour trying to understand what to do and trying to do it, but I failed. I saved your script as “testing123.sh” in my home directory. I navigated to Properties–>Permissions for testing123.sh and checked the check box next to “Allow this file to run as a program.” In my home directory I created these directories: last_diff_dir, new_diff_dir, and dir_to_copy. I put a file into dir_to_copy. I ran testing123.sh. Then I checked new_diff_dir. It was empty. I hope you will help me. Thanks,
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 8:41
Just in case the comma appended to your name in the comment immediately above prevents you from being notified, I added this comment without the comma.
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 8:59
Just in case the comma appended to your name in the comment immediately above prevents you from being notified, I added this comment without the comma.
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 8:59
Hi @Yekutiel, based on your comments it would appear you're using windows and not linux. The script must be run via command prompt. Running the script without args shows help. You don't need to create the directories it needs. The help shows some usage. You need to create a full backup at least once, and that's done by passing in the same directory as the 1st 2 args. The 3rd arg is the directory you want to back up and is optional since it uses current directory by default. The 1st 2 args should not be directories within the backed up directory. Hope that helps.
– strobelight
Sep 22 '16 at 12:45
Hi @Yekutiel, based on your comments it would appear you're using windows and not linux. The script must be run via command prompt. Running the script without args shows help. You don't need to create the directories it needs. The help shows some usage. You need to create a full backup at least once, and that's done by passing in the same directory as the 1st 2 args. The 3rd arg is the directory you want to back up and is optional since it uses current directory by default. The 1st 2 args should not be directories within the backed up directory. Hope that helps.
– strobelight
Sep 22 '16 at 12:45
Hi @strobelight. Thanks for your prompt and detailed reply. I'm running Linux (GalliumOS 2.0 runs on top of Xubuntu). I am still confused. I often run... #!/bin/sh gnome-screensaver-command --lock... from a GUI similar to the manner I indicated running testing123.sh. I make rsync backups to my external USB using an app called Grsync. In Grsync I can choose to view the following... rsync -r -t -v --progress --delete -s /home/y/test/input /home/y/test/output... and then copy and paste to a Terminal. But I prefer to use a GUI. Please ELI5 with a hypothetical example from start to finish. Thanks!
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 16:19
Hi @strobelight. Thanks for your prompt and detailed reply. I'm running Linux (GalliumOS 2.0 runs on top of Xubuntu). I am still confused. I often run... #!/bin/sh gnome-screensaver-command --lock... from a GUI similar to the manner I indicated running testing123.sh. I make rsync backups to my external USB using an app called Grsync. In Grsync I can choose to view the following... rsync -r -t -v --progress --delete -s /home/y/test/input /home/y/test/output... and then copy and paste to a Terminal. But I prefer to use a GUI. Please ELI5 with a hypothetical example from start to finish. Thanks!
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 16:19
I want to clarify my penultimate comment. I don't need a GUI for the ELI5 hypothetical I requested. Instead I will gladly run them in a Terminal. I can get by ok with a CLE. But GUIs simply work better for my mind because although I think in a precise logical manner, I don't think "in math", I think "in pictures." It used to drive the devs I worked with crazy. They would say something like "2 + 2 =4". Then I would reply, "Oh. I see. If you have two trees and two more trees then you have a total of four trees. Are they standing alone or in a forest?" They would say, "Yes. 2 + 2 =4"
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 16:29
I want to clarify my penultimate comment. I don't need a GUI for the ELI5 hypothetical I requested. Instead I will gladly run them in a Terminal. I can get by ok with a CLE. But GUIs simply work better for my mind because although I think in a precise logical manner, I don't think "in math", I think "in pictures." It used to drive the devs I worked with crazy. They would say something like "2 + 2 =4". Then I would reply, "Oh. I see. If you have two trees and two more trees then you have a total of four trees. Are they standing alone or in a forest?" They would say, "Yes. 2 + 2 =4"
– Yekutiel
Sep 22 '16 at 16:29
|
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