rsync-generator

A node script to run or generate rsync scripts for backups.

Install

NPM

$ npm i -g rsync-generator

Yarn

$ yarn global add rsync-generator

Usage

rsync-generator requires a ~/.backup/config.json file to know what to do.

Once that's in place, run rsync-generator from a command line and that's it!

Configuration

The ~/.backup/config.json file can have the following options.

Example:

{
    "destination": "backup-server.io/",
    "exclude": [
        ".DS_Store",
        "node_modules"
    ],
    "output": "/run.sh",
    "sources": [
        "/path/to/directory",
        "/path/to/some.file"
    ]
}

sources

array (required)

Specifies the resources files and directories to process.

destination

string (required)

Specifies the destination of where to rsync resouces to.

excludes

array (optional)

A list of files and / or folders to ignore while syncing, ie. .DS_Store, node_modules, etc., if specified.

output

string (optional)

Generates an executable bash script at the speified path.

If this isn't specified, rsync-generator will run in realtime with command line output.

License

MIT © Michael Novotny