tomrhudson / backupConfigFiles

bash script that backups ssh directory and bash profile

backupConfigFiles

This is a bash script that copies various directories on a Mac (currently works on Catalina).

The following files / directories are copied

Directories

• ~/.ssh/

Files

• ~/.zshrc

ToDo

• implement error handling
• consider adding prompt for the creation of a CRON job
• add ability to perform the copy of files/directories via SSH to a primate GitHub repo
• add ability to backup Atom IDE styles.less file (located in: /Users/$USERNAME/.atom/styles.less)
• add ability to backup Atom IDE snippets.cson
• ...

Features / Example

TBA

Motivation

I've lost these files multiple times, or spend time looking where the files are to simply copy them to another machine. I created this to copy these files quickly and easily.

Requirements

This script has only been tested on:

• macOS Catalina Version 10.15.6

Installation or Getting Started

Provide code examples and explanations of how to get the project, e.g.,

git clone https://github.com/tomrhudson/backupConfigFiles.git
cd backupConfigFiles
chmod +x bkpConfigFiles.sh
./bkpConfigFiles.sh

Usage

TBA

Reference

• N/A

Contributors

We all have different config files and settings that we want to ensure that are stored offsite.

License

MIT