With this script you can take incremental backups of a specific folder.
It creates its backup files within the repository-folder by comparing
file type, size, modification time and permissions.
It stores all files stats and archives only modified files (type/size/mtime).
USAGE: ribs [switches] <repository-folder> <target-folder/device/image_file>
-l, --list-ts show available restorable versions
-b, --backup update the incremental backup repo
-r, --restore restores the last backup version
-R, --restore-ts TIMESTAMP restores the specified backup version
-g, --gzip use gzip instead of xz
-G, --pigz use parallel gzip instead of xz
-x, --[no-]one-file-system don't cross filesystem boundaries Def. true
-p, --[no-]permissions store files permissions (gid/uid/modes) Def. true
-h, --help display this help
Some files are automatically excluded, you can insert any additional GLOBs patterns
by wrinting them in repo_dir/exclude.yml. This is the default list:
- /var/tmp/*
- /var/log/*.?.gz
- /var/backups/*.?.gz
Examples:
# backup a single partition system
sudo ribs -b /mnt/usb-hd/my-pc.ribs /
# backup a raspberry pi sdcard
sudo ribs -b --no-p /mnt/usb-hd/raspi.ribs/p1 /mnt/sdcard/boot
sudo ribs -b /mnt/usb-hd/raspi.ribs/p2 /mnt/sdcard/
# restore
sudo ribs -r /mnt/usb-hd/my-pc.ribs /mnt/anothed-hd/