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Forked from ShockwaveNN/kodi-backup.sh
Created October 2, 2025 20:25
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script for making backup of kodi settings
#!/bin/bash
DATE=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S')
BACKUP_NAME=kodi-backup-$DATE.tar.gz
TEMP_BACKUP_LOCATION=/tmp/backups/kodi
BACKUP_DIR=/home/pi/.kodi
ARCHIVE_DIR=/media/routher_share/Backup/kodi
mkdir -pv $TEMP_BACKUP_LOCATION
chmod 777 $TEMP_BACKUP_LOCATION
FULL_BACKUP_NAME=$TEMP_BACKUP_LOCATION/$BACKUP_NAME
tar -zcvf "$FULL_BACKUP_NAME" $BACKUP_DIR
cp $FULL_BACKUP_NAME $ARCHIVE_DIR
rm $FULL_BACKUP_NAME
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