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simple-backup
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simple-backup
About
A simple script to backup a directory and timestamp it.
Installation:
- Download and install Node.js
npm install -g simple-backup
Usage:
Setup a config file (optional)
simple-backup config source ~/files-to-backupsimple-backup config destination ~/place-to-keep-backups
Run with the config file
simple-backup backup
Run without a config file
simple-backup backup ~/files-to-backup ~/place-to-keep-backups
Development:
- Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/kherrick/simple-backup
- Install the dependencies:
npm install
- Build the project:
npm run build
- Watch for changes and build:
npm run watch
- Lint the source and unit tests:
npm run lint
- Run unit tests on the command line:
npm run test
- Run unit tests with a coverage report:
npm run coverage
FAQs
A simple backup script
The npm package simple-backup receives a total of 1 weekly downloads. As such, simple-backup popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that simple-backup demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 25 Jan 2016
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