Bash script to create tarballs of a system.
This is a rudimentary script to perform system backups with tar. It is intended for situations where a simple rsync mirror won't cut it, either because a degree of compression is desired or because the backup media's filesystem doesn't support Unix file permissions.
The script supports the standard compression algorithms and their multithreaded implementations:
There are two backup types:
Backup the entire system, excluding the following directories:
/proc/run/sys/tmp/dev/mnt
Command format:
./ballup --full [ --path </path/to/archive> ] [ --algo <gzip|bzip|xz> ]
Backup the system, excluding the same directories like in --full mode and additionally those
matching the patterns in a user supplied file.
Command format:
./ballup --custom [ </path/to/exclude-file> ] [ --path </path/to/archive> ] [ --algo <gzip|bzip|xz> ]
The paths in exclude-file can contain wildcards. A sample file is provided with this repository. If the user doesn't
explicitly supply one, then the script will look for a file named "ballup_exclude" in the current directory.
--path </path/to/archive>: The location where the tarball should be created. The default is the current working directory.--algo <gzip|bzip|xz>: The compression algorithm to use. The script will first check for the presence of a multithreaded implementation and then for a standard one. By default, gzip is used.
- This utility is designed for Unix systems.
- With both operations root privileges may be required to access certain directories.
Van Ziegelstein - Creator and Maintainer
This abomination is licensed under the MIT License.