Do backups to Google Drive using RClone from command line

gbackup.js

#!/usr/bin/env node
//Remember to make the script executable
//chmod u+x gbackup.js

//Configuration
var rclone = '/Users/jmjuanes/bin/rclone'; //Rclone path
var exclude = '/srv/.bin/gbackup_exclude.txt'; //Exclude file
var command = '{rclone} sync {origin} gdrive:{remote} --exclude-from {exclude}'; //RClone command

//Import dependencies
var execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');

//Read the gbackup file
var gson = require(path.join(process.cwd(), 'gbackup.json'));

//Exclude file content
var file = '';

//Build the exclude file
for(var i = 0; i < gson.exclude.length; i++){ file = file + gson.exclude[i] + '\n'; }

//Save the file
fs.writeFileSync(exclude, file);

//Replace the rclone path
command = command.replace(/{rclone}/g, rclone);

//Replace the origin path
command = command.replace(/{origin}/g, process.cwd());

//Replace the remote path
command = command.replace(/{remote}/g, gson.remote);

//Replace the exclude path
command = command.replace(/{exclude}/g, exclude);

//Show command in console
console.log(command);

//Run the command
execSync(command);

//Remove the exclude file
fs.unlinkSync(exclude);

gbackup.json

{
	"remote": "path/",
	"exclude": [ ".git/**", ".gitignore", ".gitmodules", "node_modules/**", ".DS_Store" ]
}