3 #########################################################################
4 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify #
5 # it under the terms of the version 3 of the GNU General Public License #
6 # as published by the Free Software Foundation. #
8 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but #
9 # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of #
10 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU #
11 # General Public License for more details. #
13 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License #
14 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. #
16 # Written by and Copyright (C) Francois Fleuret #
17 # Contact <francois@fleuret.org> for comments & bug reports #
18 #########################################################################
20 # This command makes a backup copy of a given directory into a backup
21 # directory, tags it with the date and time, and uses rsync smart use
22 # of hard links to avoid unnecessary duplicates of files already
27 # The default directory does not start with a period, as it may be
28 # huge and should not be "hidden" from the user.
30 [[ ${FREEZE_DIR} ]] || FREEZE_DIR=${HOME}/freezer
32 if [[ ! -d ${FREEZE_DIR} ]]; then
33 echo "Can not find directory ${FREEZE_DIR}" >&2
38 real_path="$(realpath "$1")"
39 dir=$(basename "${real_path}")
40 path=$(dirname "${real_path}")
41 full_path="${path}/${dir}"
43 date=$(date +%Y_%b_%d_%H:%M:%S)
45 if [[ ! -d "${full_path}" ]]; then
46 echo "Can not find directory ${full_path}" >&2
50 if [[ $(find "${full_path}" -type f -name "core*" -o -name "vgcore.[0-9]*") ]]; then
51 # rm -i $(find "${full_path}" -type f -name "core" -o -name "vgcore.[0-9]*")
52 echo "There seems to be core files in ${full_path}" >&2
56 backup="${FREEZE_DIR}/${full_path}"
58 mkdir -p "${FREEZE_DIR}/${path}"
60 current_backup="${backup}:::current"
61 new_backup="${backup}:::${date}"
63 if [[ -h "${current_backup}" ]]; then
64 rsync --progress --link-dest="${current_backup}/" -axz "${full_path}/" "${new_backup}/"
65 rm "${current_backup}"
67 if [[ -a ${current_backup} ]]; then
68 echo "${current_backup} exists and is not a symbolic link" >&2
71 rsync --progress -axz "${full_path}/" "${new_backup}/"
75 ln -vs "${new_backup}" "${current_backup}"
79 du -sh "${new_backup}"