Backup your things with Rsync and NodeJS!
Backup-Buddy is a convenience wrapper written in Node that uses Rsync to asynchronously back up your files and folders in parallel. It's super quick!
Backup-buddy is a program written in NodeJS that parses a yaml file, constructs a list of arguments for rsync to run, and executes rsync processes for each backup path listed. This means if you have 10 folders to back up, Backup-buddy will invoke 10 rsync processes at the same time. Use with care!
Backup-buddy's uses yaml definition files to build commands that rsync will use. An example of a job file can be found here.
From the terminal, first install it:
npm install -g backup-buddy
backup-buddy my_backup_file.yml
Backup-buddy's behavior should be identical to rsync's.
For example, adding /etc/ or /etc/* will back up all files (including folders & sub-folders) but not the etc folder itself. Adding /etc (without the trailing / or *) will backup the folder and everything inside it.