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What files to back up? - PaddyB - 2017-06-05
I'm in the process of setting up a node red flow to auto backup various files once a day - but which ones?
Will probably set up a dedicated openplotter dropbox to save them to.
So far - sudo cp -R /home/pi/.node-red/*.*
/home/pi/.opencpn/
Think I'll add kplex as well and openplotter.conf.
So if I need to reinstall the sd card image from a backup, what other files would save too much setting up again if the backup image wasn't as up to date as it should be..?
Ta
RE: What files to back up? - PaddyB - 2017-06-05
looks like a good enough starting point...
https://flows.nodered.org/flow/a275b56b419df8714641538fb2ad2f8a
RE: What files to back up? - Sailoog - 2017-06-06
node-red flows
openplotter.conf
opencpn.conf
/home/pi/.config/openplotter/imu/settings/RTIMULib.ini (IMU calibration)
kplex.conf
RE: What files to back up? - PaddyB - 2017-06-08
Thanks. Here's a little node-red flow which backs up into /home/pi/files/backups
The files/backups directories need to exist for it to work.
Saves kplex.conf , all the files in .node-red, files and directories in .opencpn (so the logbook gets backed up, bit big this one so might need some trimming) & openplotter.conf .
Hope this might be useful, any tips / ideas for improvement please share :
Code:
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]RE: What files to back up? - SkipperEarly - 2017-06-08
is a backup to the same SD card really useful? Maybe this flow should be extended to backup to e.g. dropbox or similar.
RE: What files to back up? - PaddyB - 2017-06-08
(2017-06-08, 02:40 PM)SkipperEarly Wrote: is a backup to the same SD card really useful? Maybe this flow should be extended to backup to e.g. dropbox or similar.
Probably will set up a dedicated small Dropbox at some point, or maybe get ftp working. Though I've never trashed a card so bad that you couldn't net at the files..... Yet anyway
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RE: What files to back up? - Sailoog - 2017-06-09
It was planned a tool to export different config files but it would need to wait for the stable version
