You've asked a number of questions pertaining to the same topic.
I've written this for you as a start:
BackupScript:
Code:
BACKUP_LOCATION=/backup
function Backup {
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo "Specify a file."
return 1
fi
if [ "$(echo $1 | grep "^/")" ]; then
FILE=$1
else
FILE=$PWD/$1
fi
if [ ! -f $FILE ]; then
echo "File to backup ($FILE) does not exist."
return 2
fi
echo Backup $FILE...
mkdir -p $BACKUP_LOCATION$(dirname $FILE) 2>/dev/null && \
cp $FILE $BACKUP_LOCATION$FILE && \
echo $FILE >> $BACKUP_LOCATION/index.lst
}
function Restore {
cat -n $BACKUP_LOCATION/index.lst
echo "Enter numbers of files to restore:"
read NUMBERS
for FILE in $NUMBERS; do
NAME=$(sed -n "${FILE}p" $BACKUP_LOCATION/index.lst)
echo "Restore $NAME..."
cp $BACKUP_LOCATION$NAME $NAME
done
}
It lacks a number of features:
It doesn't check if the file is already backed-up
It doesn't remove the file once you restore it
There is limited error handling
There's no confirmation before a file is restored (add -i to the cp in the Restore function if you want it)
It assumes that your backup directory is /backup. If you don't have permissions to create this, change it to somewhere else
The Restore function is interactive only
You should run this script by sourcing it, like:
Code:
. ./BackupScript
This gives you two functions you can call directly from the command line:
Code:
Backup filename
to backup filename and
Code:
Restore
to choose which file(s) to restore.
It should work in Bash, but it's Korn shell.
To remove the need for the "index" file, replace the functions with this:
Code:
function Backup {
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo "Specify a file."
return 1
fi
if [ "$(echo $1 | grep "^/")" ]; then
FILE=$1
else
FILE=$PWD/$1
fi
if [ ! -f $FILE ]; then
echo "File to backup ($FILE) does not exist."
return 2
fi
echo Backup $FILE...
mkdir -p $BACKUP_LOCATION$(dirname $FILE) 2>/dev/null && \
cp $FILE $BACKUP_LOCATION$FILE
}
function Restore {
find $BACKUP_LOCATION -type f | cat -n
echo "Enter numbers of files to restore:"
read NUMBERS
for FILE in $NUMBERS; do
NAME=$(find $BACKUP_LOCATION -type f | sed -n "${FILE}s+$BACKUP_LOCATION++p" )
echo "Restore $NAME..."
cp $BACKUP_LOCATION$NAME $NAME && rm $BACKUP_LOCATION$NAME
done
}
Last edited by Scott; 12-06-2009 at 02:23 PM..
Reason: removed some debug echos
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