DocAegis is cli tool to protect your files/directories from accidental termination in linux and MacOs. It recreates the files/directories along with permissions which are guarded by docaegis when deleted.
Install the docaegis with the command go install github.com/vishnu-chegondi/docaegis@latest. Go will install the package in your $GOPATH/bin directory which should be in $PATH.
Once Installed you should have the docaegis command available.
Run below command to get all the usage details. All the other command requires sudo permissions to work.
docaegis -h
Flags: -s --source string source_path which should be guarded
The docaegis guard -s source_path command will guard your files/directories in source_path. Under the hood when you guard any source path, hard links will be created in .aegis directory for all the files in source_path and all the files/directories info will be stored inside SQLLite database at /var/lib/docaegis.db.
e.g.
docaegis guard -s /source/directory
ls -lart /source/*
drw-r--r-- 40 root staff 1280 Jun 7 17:34 .aegis
drwxr-xr-x 6 vishnuchegondi staff 192 Jun 7 17:34 directoryFlags: -f --file string source_path which should be restored
The docaegis restore -f /source/directory command will restore your files/directories which are guarded with docaegis. Under the hood when running restore command, all the information stored in SQlite database along with hardlinks will be used to restore the the file data and permissions in the source path.
docaegis restore -f /source/directoryThe docaegis list command will list all the source_paths which are guarded using docaegis.
Developed by @vishnu-chegondi