Backup Documents with cpio
find Documents/ -depth -type f -print | cpio -ocv > /run/media/terry/3aaa1179-976c-4cac-b74c-5d41b713ffa6/Backups/Laptop/Documents.cpio
To view contents of backup file:
cpio -vt /run/media/terry/3aaa1179-976c-4cac-b74c-5d41b713ffa6/Backups/Laptop/Documents.cpio
Backup Pictures/ directory with cpio
find Pictures/ -depth -type f -print | cpio -ocv > /run/media/terry/3aaa1179-976c-4cac-b74c-5d41b713ffa6/Backups/Laptop/Pictures.cpio
cpio -vt /run/media/terry/3aaa1179-976c-4cac-b74c-5d41b713ffa6/Backups/Laptop/Pictures.cpio
Backups with tar:
We can create a simple script for backups with tar:
cd bin/
vi tar_backup.sh
#!/bin/bash
BACKUPTIME=`date +%b-%d-%y` #get the current date
DESTINATION=/run/media/terry/3aaa1179-976c-4cac-b74c-5d41b713ffa6/Backups/Laptop/Documents-$BACKUPTIME.tar.gz
SOURCEFOLDER=/home/terry/Documents
tar -cpzf $DESTINATION $SOURCEFOLDER #create the backup
chmod +x tar_backup.sh
sh ~/bin/tar_backup.sh
tar -tf /path/to/Documents-01-2020.tar.gz