#!/bin/bash # Setting this, so the repo does not need to be given on the commandline: export BORG_REPO='*******' # Setting this, so you won't be asked for your repository passphrase: export BORG_PASSPHRASE='*******' # some helpers and error handling: function info () { echo -e "\n"`date` $@"\n" >&2; } trap "echo `date` Backup interrupted >&2; exit 2" SIGINT SIGTERM info "Starting backup" # Backup the most important directories into an archive named after # the machine this script is currently running on: borg create \ --verbose \ --filter AME \ --list \ --stats \ --show-rc \ --compression lz4 \ --exclude-caches \ --exclude '/Users/*/.cache/*' \ --exclude '/Users/*/.Trash/*' \ --exclude '/Users/*/Library/Caches' \ --exclude '/Users/*/Library/Mobile Documents' \ --exclude '/Users/*/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail Downloads' \ --exclude '/Users/*/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Movies' \ --exclude '/Users/*/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/TV Shows' \ --exclude '/Users/*/Dropbox' \ --exclude '/Users/*/Google Drive' \ --exclude '/Users/*/VirtualBox VMs' \ \ ::'{hostname}-{now}' \ /Users \ /Library \ /Applications \ /usr/local # homebrew backup_exit=$? info "Pruning repository" # Use the `prune` subcommand to maintain 24 hourly, 7 daily, 4 weekly and 6 monthly # archives of THIS machine. The '{hostname}-' prefix is very important to # limit prune's operation to this machine's archives and not apply to # other machines' archives also: borg prune \ --list \ --prefix '{hostname}-' \ --show-rc \ --stats \ --keep-hourly 24 \ --keep-daily 7 \ --keep-weekly 4 \ --keep-monthly 6 \ prune_exit=$? global_exit=$(( ${backup_exit} > ${prune_exit} ? ${backup_exit} : ${prune_exit} )) if [ ${global_exit} -eq 1 ]; then info "Backup and/or Prune finished with a warning" fi if [ ${global_exit} -gt 1 ]; then info "Backup and/or Prune finished with an error" fi exit ${global_exit}