Put com.user.automaticbackups.plist file into ~/Library/LaunchAgents directiry.
- Enable:
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.user.automaticbackups.plist - Disable:
launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.example.app.plist
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Automatic backup with notifications and rsync
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| <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | |
| <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> | |
| <plist version="1.0"> | |
| <dict> | |
| <key>Label</key> | |
| <string>com.idemchenko.automaticbackups</string> | |
| <key>StandardOutPath</key> | |
| <string>/tmp/autoBackup.stdout</string> | |
| <key>StandardErrorPath</key> | |
| <string>/tmp/autoBackup.stderr</string> | |
| <key>ProgramArguments</key> | |
| <array> | |
| <string>/Users/<user>/backup.sh</string> | |
| <string>/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/<user>/<path>/</string> | |
| <string>/Volumes/EXT HDD</string> | |
| <string>some/dir/on/ext/hdd</string> | |
| </array> | |
| <key>StartOnMount</key> | |
| <true/> | |
| </dict> | |
| </plist> |
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| NOW=$(date) | |
| SRC_PATH=$1 | |
| DEST_VOLUME=$2 | |
| DEST_PATH=$3 | |
| FULL_DEST_PATH="$DEST_VOLUME/$DEST_PATH" | |
| echo "------------------------------" | |
| echo "Backup:.... $NOW" | |
| echo "From:...... $SRC_PATH" | |
| echo "To:........ $FULL_DEST_PATH" | |
| N_FILES_TO_BACKUP=$(diff -qr "$SRC_PATH" "$FULL_DEST_PATH" | grep "$SRC_PATH" | wc -l) | |
| echo "Found:..... $N_FILES_TO_BACKUP files to back up" | |
| show_start_notification() { | |
| osascript - "$N_FILES_TO_BACKUP" <<'EOF' | |
| on run argv | |
| set n to item 1 of argv as integer | |
| display notification "Starting backup of " & n & " files" with title "Autmatic back-up" | |
| end run | |
| EOF | |
| } | |
| show_nothing_to_backup_notification() { | |
| osascript -e 'display notification "Nothing to backup" with title "Autmatic back-up"' | |
| } | |
| show_finish_notification() { | |
| osascript -e 'display notification "Backup has finished" with title "Autmatic back-up"' | |
| } | |
| if [ $N_FILES_TO_BACKUP -gt 0 ] | |
| then | |
| mount | grep "on ${DEST_VOLUME}" > /dev/null | |
| if [ $? -eq 0 ] | |
| then | |
| echo "External HDD has been found" | |
| show_start_notification | |
| cp -R "$SRC_PATH" "$FULL_DEST_PATH" | |
| show_finish_notification | |
| else | |
| echo "No external HDD has been found" | |
| fi | |
| else | |
| echo "Nothing to backup" | |
| show_nothing_to_backup_notification | |
| fi | |
| echo "Backup complete" | |
| echo "------------------------------" |
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