rostegg/backuper

Simple temporary backup tool to simplify your life

Tiny backup tool, which allow you to save files and directory, while you need edit them.
Support multiple backups for one file.

Installation

You can clone repository and run install.sh script, but it will be easier to use one-liners:

• Wget
  wget -O backuper https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rostegg/backuper/master/backuper.sh && chmod +x backuper && sudo mv backuper /usr/bin/backuper
• cURL
  curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rostegg/backuper/master/backuper.sh --output backuper && chmod +x backuper && sudo mv backuper /usr/bin/backuper

Usage

Utility works like an git, creating a hidden directory in which all backups are stored.
After restor, backup is deleted.

backuper [info|backup|restore|clear]

Options:
    info, i       <file_name>(optional)                 Get info about backups (if file not specified, show info about all backups in directory)
    backup, b     <file_name>                           Make backup of selected file or directory
    restore, r    <file_name> <restore_id>(optional)    Restore file from backup by id, (if id not specified, restore last backup)
    clear, c      <file_name>(optional)                 Remove backups for selected file (if file not specified, remove all backups for current directory)                         

Examples

• Create backup for selected file
  backuper backup file
• Create backup for selected file using short alias backuper b file
• Show info about backups in current directory
  backuper info
• Show info about backups of selected file
  backuper info filename
• Clear all backups in current directory
  backuper clear
• Restore file by id
  backuper restore filename 1
• Restore file from last backup
  backuper restore filename