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03-26-2010

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If its for today.. you are a bit late my friend...

TODO

Code:

1) I need to analyse the line entered
   a) IF no argument 
           THEN Display "usage ....command with proper syntax..."
           exit  exit-value
      ELSE
          UNTIL no arguments left
          Do
              Check IF argument is a directory
                       If so is it in $HOME?
                           etc...
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.
2)# Does backup dir exist? If not create it...
  .

3)#Within the backup directory, the script should create a directory for each backup done 
(use a different name every time).# you could use the date added to backup- for name...

.
.
etc...
..
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Without a minimum of analyse and algorithm describing how you intend to do things I see not how you will be able to fullfill the task appointed to you..
You need to be clear in your head of how, that means each elementary task has been put in procedures and organized into an algorithm before thinking of coding where here the question is : "what will be the best command to achieve such task?" ...

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NAME

       idevicebackup2 - Create or restore backup for iDevices running iOS4+.

SYNOPSIS

       idevicebackup2 [OPTIONS] CMD [CMDOPTIONS] DIRECTORY

DESCRIPTION

       Create or restore backup from the current or specified directory.

OPTIONS

       -u, --uuid UUID
	      target specific device by its 40-digit device UUID.

       -d, --debug
	      enable communication debugging.

       -h, --help
	      prints usage information.

COMMANDS

       backup create backup for the device.

       restore
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	    --system
	      restore system files, too.

	    --reboot
	      reboot the system when done.

	    --copy
	      create a copy of backup folder before restoring.

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       list   list files of last completed backup in CSV format.

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