Ixesha

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

🐍 Written in python.

Example 💥

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

Setup

Requirements

• Python3
• rsync (min. v3.1.1)

Installation 🚂

macOS

1. Install brew: /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 🚀

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

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)

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