Backup script for my personal laptop

make_backup.sh

 #!/usr/bin/env bash
# Simple backup script for borg. http://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
# Install on Fedora: sudo dnf install borgbackup
#
# Configure BORG_REPO below to match some path on your own system. In my case
# it points to an autofs mount on my network backup device.
# Configure your own borg_excludes.
# by Stefan Midjich <swehack at gmail dot com>

export BORG_REPO="/media/nas/backups/$(hostname -s)-borgbackup"

borg_excludes=(
    --exclude '.cache/*'
    --exclude '.config/Google*'
    --exclude '.mozilla/*'
    --exclude '.meteor/*'
    --exclude 'Dokument/ISO/*'
    --exclude 'Hämtningar/*'
    --exclude 'VirtualBox*/*'
    --exclude 'VirtualMachines/*'
    --exclude 'Backups/*'
    --exclude 'Spel/*'
)

# Unfortunately borg init does not support the environment variables but it's
# only used once.
if [ ! -d $BORG_REPO ]; then
    echo "Initializing new repository, you will be asked for the repository password thrice!"
    borg init -e repokey
fi

echo -n "Enter passphrase for key $BORG_REPO: "
read -s password
echo

export BORG_PASSPHRASE="$password"

borg create --stats --progress --compression lz4 \
    "${borg_excludes[@]}" \
    '::{user}-{now}' .

borg prune --list --keep-last 5

# This is not really necessary but it doesn't hurt either.
BORG_PASSPHRASE=
password=
export -n BORG_PASS

restore_backup.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Simple backup script for borg. http://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
# Install on Fedora: sudo dnf install borgbackup
#
# Configure BORG_REPO below to match some path on your own system. In my case
# it points to an autofs mount on my network backup device.
# Configure restore_dir to point to where you want the backup restored
# to. In my case I avoid restoring it straight to my home dir in case I need
# to inspect it first.
# by Stefan Midjich <swehack at gmail dot com>

BORG_REPO="/media/nas/backups/$(hostname -s)-borgbackup"
restore_dir=$HOME/Backups/restore

test -d "$restore_dir" || mkdir "$restore_dir"
cd "$restore_dir"

test -d $BORG_REPO || exit 1

echo -n "Enter passphrase for key $BORG_REPO: "
read -s password
echo

BORG_PASSPHRASE="$password"

borg extract --progress \
    "$@"

BORG_PASSPHRASE=
password=
export -n BORG_PASS