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# Ixesha
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🗄 Make incremental snapshots to backup any folder to any location/server.
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🐍 Written in python.
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###### Example 💥
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```bash
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python3 ixesha.py --backup ~/ --output /mnt/backup/home
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```
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## Setup
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### Requirements
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- `Python3`
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- `rsync` (min. v3.1.1)
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### Installation 🚂
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###### macOS
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1. Install [brew](https://brew.sh/): `/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"`
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2. Install `python3` and `rsync`: `brew install python3 rsync`
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###### debian / ubuntu
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1. `apt install -y python3 rsync`
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###### windows
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Well... I don't know...
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## Usage 👾
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### Run 🚀
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```bash
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python3 ixesha.py --backup <my-folder> --output <where-to-save-it>
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```
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or with only bash: ```./ixesha -b <my-folder> -o <where-to-save-it>```
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###### Example
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Backup my home folder for example to some mounted drive
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```bash
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python3 ixesha.py --backup ~/ --output /mnt/backupdrive/home
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```
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### Arguments
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- `-h` `--help` Show help dialog
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- `-b` `--backup` The folder to be backed up
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- `-o` `--output` Location where the snapshots will be saved
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### Cron 🕰
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If you want to run it every x... you can create a cronjob
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###### Example:
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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/))
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1. Edit your cron file with: `crontab -e`
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2. Add: `*/5 * * * * python3 /path/to/ixesha.py -b /some/folder -o /some/backup/location`
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