dups

Simple shell script to backup (archive) files/directories to a local target while only keeping a set amount of generations.

Usage

$ dups --help
usage: dups [options] [source [...]] [target]
Options:
  -p [prefix]       Prefix to add to the filename.
  -s [suffix]       Suffix to add to the filename.
  -g [generations]  Generations to keep.
                    Set to 0 to keep infinite.
                    Defaults to 3.
  -y, --yes         Don't ask for confirmation.
  --install         Install to system (/usr/bin/dups)
  --uninstall       Uninstall from system (/usr/bin/dups)
  -v, --version     Print version and exit
  -h, --help        Show this help text.
Notes:
  - Deletion of old backups will take the prefix and suffix into
    account. This means neither of these should be dynamic as
    otherwise older version will not be deleted.

Installation

Manual

git clone https://github.com/Tadly/dups
./dups/dups --install
rm -rf ./dups
# To uninstall it again
dups --uninstall