Simple shell script to make encrypted folder backup

Installation

git clone https://github.com/andreporto/folder-backup.git

chmod +x ./folder-backup/fbkp.sh

ln ./folder-backup/fbkp.sh ~/fbkp.sh

01 Clone repo and config script:

02 Do your backups:

03 Restore your backup to a selected folder:

Usage

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folder-backup.sh "SOURCE_FOLDER" ["TARGET FOLDER NAME"] ["CUSTOM PASSWORD"]

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• "SOURCE_FOLDER" IS THE SOURCE FOLDER NAME TO BACKUP, IT CAN CONTAINS FILES AND SUB-FOLDERS
• IF NO TARGET FOLDER IS ENTERED IT WILL BE CREATED A SOURCE_FOLDER + DATE NAMED FOLDER
• OPTIONALLY YOU CAN ENTER A [CUSTOM PASSWORD]
• IF NO PASSWORD IS ENTERED DEFAULT PASSWORD WILL BE USED TO ENCRYPT FILES
• "REPLACE-THIS-TEXT-WITH-YOUR-REAL-PASSWORD-IN-DOUBLE-QUOTES" IS THE DEFAULT PASSWORD AND YOU CAN CHANGE IT.

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Examples:

• Zip all files and sub-folders from MyFolder to a new folder named with MyFolder-YYYY-MM-DD pattern. All zip files will be encrypted with with custom or default password.

~/fbkp.sh MyFolder

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• Zip all files and sub-folders from MyFolder to MySafeStorage folder. All zip files will be encrypted with with custom or default password.

~/fbkp.sh MyFolder MySafeStorage

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• Zip all files and sub-folders from MyFolder to MySafeStorage folder. All zip files will be encrypted with "MySecureKey123" password.

~/fbkp.sh MyFolder MySafeStorage MySecureKey123

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Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

License

MIT