Show HN: Backup Scheduler

#1

Post by divyenduz » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 7:34 PM UTC

Cheap and dirty solution to backup a specific folder on macOS to S3. I use this to backup my Calibre library.

Re: Show HN: Backup Scheduler

#2

Post by sillysaurusx » Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 9:41 PM UTC

Brilliantly simple, and gets the job done. Could you add notes for how to restore from backup? (I know, I know... All I have to do is read S3's docs and figure out s3util or whatever, but I'm knee-deep in Lisp and would prefer to keep my precious remaining vacation time that way.)

Re: Show HN: Backup Scheduler

#3

Post by divyenduz » Sat, Dec 31, 2022, 3:06 PM UTC

sillysaurusx wrote: post #2

Brilliantly simple, and gets the job done. Could you add notes for how to restore from backup? (I know, I know... All I have to do is read S3's docs and figure out s3util or whatever, but I'm knee-deep in Lisp and would prefer to keep my precious remaining vacation time that way.)

Sure, added the docs here https://github.com/divyenduz/backup-scheduler#restore

Basically, you can just manually call the sync command with s3 bucket and local directory arguments in reverse or use aws s3 cp --recursive

Re: Show HN: Backup Scheduler

#4

Post by sillysaurusx » Sun, Jan 01, 2023, 3:23 AM UTC

divyenduz wrote: post #3

sillysaurusx wrote: post #2

Brilliantly simple, and gets the job done. Could you add notes for how to restore from backup? (I know, I know... All I have to do is read S3's docs and figure out s3util or whatever, but I'm knee-deep in Lisp and would prefer to keep my precious remaining vacation time that way.)

Sure, added the docs here https://github.com/divyenduz/backup-scheduler#restore Basically, you can just manually call the sync command with s3 bucket and local directory arguments in reverse or use aws s3 cp --recursive

Thanks!