Backup utility for database, folders and files

Backs up a MySQL database, folders and files to a default folder (~/backup) or to a specified folder. If the –cron switch is provided the specified database and files are not backed up rather a cron job of the provided command is added to crontab.

Install

The application can be installed with

$ gem install syc-backup

Usage

Backup a database to the default folder _~/backup_

$ sycup -d database -uuser -ppass

Backup a MySQL database, a directory and files to the default folder

$ sycup -d database -uuser -ppass -f directory,file1,file2

Specify a backup folder

$ sycup backup/folder -d database -uuser -ppass -f directory,file1,file2

Override files in the backup folder if they exist

$ sycup backup/folder --override -f directory,file1,file2

Don’t compress the backup

$ sycup --no-compress -f directory,file1,file2

Create a cron job that is scheduled every day at 2:30

$ sycup -d database -uuser -ppass -f directory,file1 --cron 30,2,*,*,*

Supported Platform

syc-backup has been tested with 1.9.3

Notes

The application backs up the MySQL database with mysqldump. The dumpfile has the form yyyymmdd-HHMMSS_databasename.sql. After the files are backed up the dumpfile will be deleted.

If the –no-compress is provided the files are copied to the backup folder. Otherwise they are compressed with _tar cfz YYYYmmdd-HHMMSS_syc-backup.tar.gz_.

If the –override switch is not provided the backup directory will be added a timestamp. So if you create a cron job you should every now and then delete obsolete backup folders.

The source contains lib/backup/file_backup.rb which is not used in the application.

Tests

The tests create folders and files and will be deleted after the tests finish. MySQLBackup needs to run a MySQL database with a database test and a user user with the password pass.