Backuper

This software will backup your file. It manage compression and rotating backup

Requirement

Unix like system with build essential

Compilation

Simply do 'make'

And clean with 'make clean' or 'make mrproper'

Use

You need a configuration file in csv format to launch the program. Do bin/backuper -c config.csv and enjoy

The backup are done only if source is more recent than destination. If number of backup is greater or equal to 1, the program will rotate backups, allowing you to keep an history

If any unxepected event occurs, the stacktrace will be printed in stderr and program will return non zero value.

Configuration file

You can generate the configuration file with the following format Source (dir/file);Destination (dir);Backup_name;Nb_backup;Compression (copy,tar,gzip,bzip2,zip,svntargz);checkcmd;' With Source: the source file or directory to backup Destination: the destination directory Backup name: An optional name to give to the backup Nb_backup: The number of rotated backup to keep Compression: The compression method to use. It use external command. CheckCmd: use to check repository validity before backuping it up.

Example of configuration file

Source (dir/file);Destination (dir);Backup_name;Nb_backup;Compression (copy,tar,gzip,bzip2,zip);checkcmd;
/srv/nfs/Photos/;/srv/backup/Photos/;;2;copy;true;
/srv/nfs/Codes/;/srv/backup/Codes/;mysrc;2;gzip;true;

Example of script generating configuration file

#!/bin/bash
SRV=/srv
DST=/srv/backup
for i in $SRV/nfs/*
do
	if test -d "$i"
	then
		echo "$j;$DST/nfs/`basename "$i"`/$(basename "$j");;2;copy;true;"
	fi
done
# Do hot copy of svn and targz it
for i in $SRV/subversion/*
do
	echo "$i;$DST/subversion/$i;`basename $i`;3;svntargz;svnadmin verify;"
done

Usage

usage bin/backuper: -c ... Will backup repository with the csv config file, according to modification date Attempt configFile in csv format with source (dir/file);destination (dir);backup_name;nb_backup;compression (copy,tar,gzip,bzip2,zip,svntargz);check_command; Options: -c, --config : the configuration file -h, --help : this help -n, --no-header : if configuration file have not header row -s, --separator : csv separator (default ';') -v, --verbose : verbose mode -V, --version : show version and exit