MCW-Backup

A Powershell script that automate the process of create backups for your Minecraft worlds, both Bedrock and Java Edition.

Getting started

Dependencies

You need to have installed 7zip to use the option -FileType or create backups bigger than 2GB of size, if it's not, the cmdlet Compress-Archive will be used for the compression of the output file.

Download

Go and click on the green button "Code" and select the option "Download ZIP" or if you have git installed then can clone the repository with:

git clone https://github.com/kevin-luna/MCW-Backup.git

Usage

Parameters

-MinecraftVersion: Set the Minecraft Version for the worlds to be backed-up, it's always required for the script working.The posible options are Bedrock or Java.
-OutputFolder: Set the output path for the backup file. The default value is $HOME\Minecraft Backups and also can be changed from the source. If the folder does not exist it'll be created.
-BackupAll: If it's set, a backup of all the worlds existing for the selected version will be created; also the -World option will not can be used.
-World: If it's set, only will be created a backup for the world with the name given of the selected version.
-FileType: If 7zip it's installed you can select from the diferent format files supported: 7z, zip, gzip, bzip2, tar. The default value is 7z. If 7zip it's not installed the zip format always be used.

Examples

Create a backup of your entire Minecraft Worlds folder for Minecraft Bedrock Edition and will store it at D:\My Worlds Backup folder.

.\MCW-Backup -MinecraftVersion Bedrock -BackupAll -OutputFolder 'D:\My Worlds Backup'

Create a backup of your entire Minecraft Worlds folder for Minecraft Java Edition and will store it at default folder ($HOME\Minecraft Backups).

.\MCW-Backup -MinecraftVersion Java -BackupAll

Create a backup of the world 'My World' for Minecraft Java Edition and will store it at default folder ($HOME\Minecraft Backups).

.\MCW-Backup -MinecraftVersion Java -World 'My World'