Backup if change

This script help you to backup a file when it is detected changed, this script will copy the file to --target-dir with datetime as suffix.

How it work

Just re-calculate the file's hash every a few seconds, when different with last result, copy it.

Usage

$ ./backup-if-change.sh
option(s) --file or --target-dir is unspecified.
./backup-if-change.sh usage:
  --target-dir    Directory to store the backup files
  --file          The file to monitor
  --hash-tool     Tools to calculate hash of file, default sha256sum
  --internel      Seconds between checking file, default 32s

$ /path/to/backup-if-change.sh --file user3.dat --target-dir backup_dir --internel
2022-12-22T16:54:39,238228917+08:00 -- the hash now: c70f38d56b157a956249e43ad944bc990266b57ec0332d0596c30c73c3c19b01  user3.dat
2022-12-22T16:54:39,239715425+08:00 -- backuping the file to user3.dat_2022-12-21T22:09:17+08:00
2022-12-22T17:06:39,249323113+08:00 -- the hash now: ff2ab6b64f46c1ca2d7002c3c0f0818707ad2a920b36dba6f009728fdd12f7a4  user3.dat
2022-12-22T17:06:39,251145398+08:00 -- backuping the file to user3.dat_2022-12-22T17:04:32+08:00
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License

MIT License

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