# Ixesha

🗄 Make incremental snapshots to backup any folder to any location/server.

🐍 Written in python.

###### Example 💥

```bash
python3 ixesha.py --backup ~/ --output /mnt/backup/home
```

## Setup 

### Requirements

- `Python3`
- `rsync` (min. v3.1.1)

### Installation 🚂

###### macOS

1. Install [brew](https://brew.sh/): `/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"`
2. Install `python3` and `rsync`: `brew install python3 rsync`

###### debian / ubuntu

1. `apt install -y python3 rsync`

###### windows

Well... I don't know...

## Usage 👾

### Run 🚀

```bash
python3 ixesha.py --backup <my-folder> --output <where-to-save-it>
```

or with only bash: ```./ixesha -b <my-folder> -o <where-to-save-it>```

###### Example

Backup my home folder for example to some mounted drive

```bash
python3 ixesha.py --backup ~/ --output /mnt/backupdrive/home
```

### Arguments

- `-h` `--help` Show help dialog
- `-b` `--backup` The folder to be backed up
- `-o` `--output` Location where the snapshots will be saved

### Cron 🕰

If you want to run it every x... you can create a cronjob

###### Example:
Run the script every 5 Min (More details on [cronjobs](http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-add-jobs-to-cron-under-linux-or-unix-oses/))

1. Edit your cron file with: `crontab -e`
2. Add: `*/5 * * * * python3 /path/to/ixesha.py -b /some/folder -o /some/backup/location`