Backup

Build and Run

Create and enter Python virtual environment.

python3 -m venv --system-site-packages venv
. venv/bin/activate

Install depenencies.

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Run the application.

./backup.py

Run from Command Line

Option	Type	Description
-p, --project	str	Specify backup project file
-t, --target	str	Run from command line and save backup to target directory
-c, --check	str	Check existing backup

Check existing backups

The backup utility creates a file names checksums.txt in the target directory. This file can be used to check the consistency of the backup using the sha256sum util:

sha256sum -c checksums.txt

Install Development Dependencies

pip3 install -r dev_requirements.txt