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+[TOC]
+
+## Backup scripts
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+# backup-scripts
+Some basic backup scripts I run on my machine
+### Usage
+To get help menu for each script, simply run it without arguments
diff --git a/backup-scripts/backup_cp.sh b/backup-scripts/backup_cp.sh
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: ${0} <output_dir> <input_dir>"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+set -xe
+
+out=${1}
+inp=${2}
+ts=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")
+dirname=$(basename $inp)
+
+mkdir -p ${out}/${dirname}_backups/
+mkdir -p ${out}/${dirname}_backups/${ts}_${dirname}
+cp -pur ${inp}/* ${out}/${dirname}_backups/${ts}_${dirname}
+
+cd ${out}/${dirname}_backups/
+ls -1t | tail -n +21 | xargs rm -rf
+cd -
+exit 0
diff --git a/backup-scripts/backup_tar.sh b/backup-scripts/backup_tar.sh
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: ${0} <output_dir> <input_dir>"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+set -xe
+
+out=${1}
+inp=${2}
+ts=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")
+dirname=$(basename $inp)
+
+mkdir -p ${out}/${dirname}_backups/
+tar --exclude=.cache --exclude=.vim --exclude=.cargo -zvcf ${out}/${dirname}_backups/${ts}_${dirname}.tar.gz ${inp}
+
+cd ${out}/${dirname}_backups/
+ls -1t | tail -n +21 | xargs rm -f
+cd -
+exit 0
+