meinside / backupboxxx

Backup local files to Dropbox

backupboxxx

Backups local files to your Dropbox account.

install

$ go install github.com/meinside/backupboxxx@latest

setup

Get your Dropbox access token from:

Developers page > App console > [Your App] > Settings > OAuth2 > Generated access token > Generate

then create a file named config.json in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/backupboxxx/ or $HOME/.config/backupboxxx directory:

{
	"access_token": "PUT_YOUR_GENERATED_ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE"
}

After that, create a backup list file:

{
	"dirname": "backup_20190605",
	"files": [
		"~/.zshrc",
		"~/files/photos",
		"~someusername/somewhere/filename",
		"/etc/hosts"
	],
	"ignore": [
		".ssh",
		".git",
		".svn",
		".DS_Store"
	]
}

run

Now run with the backup list file:

$ $GOPATH/bin/backupboxxx [backup-list-filepath]

license

MIT