Back up manually any file/directory matching an expression with this command line tool
bck [options] [expression]
Back up any file/directory matching the [expression]. The match use find command and recognize any exprsesion find recognize.
By default, the backup directory is set to ~/.BACKUP.
NOTE: don't use sudo bck, bck will automatically ask for sudo permission if needed from its script. Using sudo bck cause to potentially loose file permissions, as the files will be backed with a root ownership.
-f back up only files (ignore directories)
-d back up only directories (ignore files)
-o [dir] set the backup directory
-O back up at '.BACKUP' in the current directory
-x [expression] exclude the locations matching the [expression] pattern
-r restore backup
-h this help
-D debug
Just copy bck file in /usr/local/bin or any bin path.
bck need no dependencies. It use only the linux built-in commands.
A config file setting the backup directory can be write at ~/.bckrc or ~/.config/bck/bckrc. By default, the backup directory is set to ~/.BACKUP.
bck -o save -x to* -d t*
# will back up all directories in the current working directory those name begins with a 't',
# except those beginning with 'to', in a subdirectory of the current working directory called 'save'.
bck -D -f -x *.py *.pm -- a* b* /usr/local/bin/*
# will back up all files in the current working directory those name matches the "a* b*" expression,
# except perl modules and python files, AND all the files in /usr/local/bin, except .pm and .py files,
# with the debug option enabled.
bck -d
# will back up all the directories of the current working directory.
bck -r *
# will restore all the files from the backup files in the backup directory