Backup Tool

Backup and restore files with compression and encryption. Use when user needs to backup important files, create scheduled backups, sync folders, encrypt sensitive backups, or restore from backup archives.

Backup and restore files with compression and encryption.

Quick Start

# Backup a folder
python scripts/backup.py /path/to/folder --output backup.tar.gz

# Restore
python scripts/backup.py --restore backup.tar.gz --destination /restored

Usage

python scripts/backup.py SOURCE [OPTIONS]

Options:
  --output PATH       Output backup file
  --compress FORMAT   Compression: gzip, bzip2, xz (default: gzip)
  --encrypt           Encrypt backup with password
  --restore PATH      Restore from backup
  --destination DIR   Restore destination
  --incremental      Create incremental backup
  --exclude PATTERN  Exclude pattern (can repeat)

Examples

# Simple backup
python scripts/backup.py ~/Documents --output docs-backup.tar.gz

# Encrypted backup
python scripts/backup.py ~/Important --output secure-backup.tar.gz --encrypt

# Incremental backup
python scripts/backup.py /data --output incremental --incremental

# Restore encrypted backup
python scripts/backup.py --restore secure-backup.tar.gz --destination /restored

Scheduling Backups

Add to crontab for automatic backups:

0 2 * * * python /path/to/backup.py /home --output /backup/daily.tar.gz

Features

• Compression: gzip, bzip2, xz
• AES-256 encryption
• Incremental backups
• Exclude patterns
• Integrity verification