penguinsnail/quick-back

A simple command line backup solution using rsync

quick-back's Issues

[stability improvement] Change default exclude method

Make the default exclusions such as /tmp be appended to a single command using the new array exclude method, eliminating the need for the exclude boolean and making for smoother execution

Add option to bypass sudo checks

For, ex. a user backing up their home folder. Would error if combined with mounting - no, we still might want user mounts.

Versions

Add tags to mark previous versions of quick-back

preserve mount options on backup drive

Proper exit codes

add proper exit codes for all commands

Verbose Option

Add a verbose cli option
-v, --verbose

Subvolume Detection

Detect subvolumes on the source FS that are under the source path

Does not create /mnt/quick-back when block device passed as --destination

[toolchain] Get some CI working

Travis sudo-enabled builds might work but we need to generate some sort of ramdisk, emulated fs, etc. for testing, otherwise we'll have to use the --force-ignore option to backup b/w two normal dirs.

COMMENTS

add option to exclude mountpoint, subvolumes

functions cleanup

create a new function that is run first that populates all variables relating to system information

Fix remouting issue

We know this only occurs when passing mnt path, not dev name. Why?

[feature] auto-exclude tempfs, ramdisk mountpoints

So instead or hardcoding excludes like /run, /tmp/, and other ephemeral file-systems - they would automatically be excluded

-e can only be used once

Exclude browser caches

auto exclude browser caches to increase speed and reduce bloat due to their constant changes and unnecessity

Config File Project

Goals: Make quickback Extensible, Versatile, and Configurable

Basic feature roadmap:

• All command line options will still be fully supported, nothing will be "configfile only"
• The master config file, shipped by default, will be located at /etc/quick-back.conf. This file shouldn't need to be edited by the user, but if it is, a .pacnew of distro-equivalent will be created by the PM on updates.
• Additional config files should be looked for in the /etc/quick-back.d/ and read according to the number at the start of the file name, a la systemd
• Finally, a config file named quick-back.conf may be placed in the root directory of the source filesystem/directory, a commandline option must be added to prevent security vulnerabilities if, say a root user (which we currently require) backed up home directories and a malicious user added a quickback.conf which ran commands as root as part of a conditional_.
• As a overarching precedence, all commandline options have the final say. Additional config files should also be specifiable on the cmdline. The -nd, --nodefaults option should be rethought to make sense in this context.
• No more defaults will be hardcoded into the program, except sanity checks. The behavior of the application beyond simple rsync execution will be specified in the default quick-back.conf file.

File format:

• A standardized format (e. XML, YAML, Windows INI-style, etc. will be selected.
• At a minimum, control directives shall be programmed such that it is possible to declare sections of a file applicable only to certain destinations, matched by regex. Controls shall also be available so that a custom command can be run, using variables such as $source, $dest, $runninguser, ... to make the script extensible as well as configurable.

Branch: all development will be done in the configfile branch of the main repo.
Milestone: v2.0

Remove bashisms

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh#A.5B.5B

Does not check to see if device already mounted

when using the -d option

Install script needed for other distros

1. check for which git, which rsync
2. git clone to temp dir
3. install file
4. install man file
5. chmod file
6. print short help message

Format README