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  • S Offline
    sdetweil @nowayto
    last edited by sdetweil Mar 2, 2025, 6:15 PM Mar 2, 2025, 5:58 PM

    @nowayto restore, option 2 . restore will reinstall all the modules and copy any created files saved with them
    (What’s the point of having a restore tool if it doesn’t?)
    And restore will copy the GitHub repo down for you (part 1 of your option 2)

    now, on the github

    its the same as ‘copy the MM_backup folder someplace’

    backup also creates versions

    backup today and next week, and restore either one
    or one from last year

    github is free
    make a private repo

    Sam

    How to add modules

    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

    N 1 Reply Last reply Mar 2, 2025, 6:24 PM Reply Quote 2
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      nowayto @sdetweil
      last edited by Mar 2, 2025, 6:24 PM

      Perfect.
      Your right but since I’m not a programmer so sometimes I have some stupid doubts.
      I started with a simple idea and now in my mind I wanna make more than one MM, with differents setup but for now I need to learn the basics configuration, so I’m testing testing and testing more :)
      Reinstall from 0 and test again :)

      For example I hope it will be not to difficult to config css, I like the personalization it will offer but I’m scared about difficulties. But I’ll try for sure!

      Thank you again

      S 2 Replies Last reply Mar 2, 2025, 6:42 PM Reply Quote 1
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        sdetweil @nowayto
        last edited by Mar 2, 2025, 6:42 PM

        @nowayto also see my MMM-Config, it provides module install and all config

        Sam

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        N 1 Reply Last reply Mar 2, 2025, 10:53 PM Reply Quote 1
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          sdetweil @nowayto
          last edited by Mar 2, 2025, 6:43 PM

          @nowayto css, learn the developers window.
          see the second link in my signature below

          Sam

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          R 1 Reply Last reply Mar 2, 2025, 8:36 PM Reply Quote 0
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            rkorell @sdetweil
            last edited by rkorell Mar 2, 2025, 8:39 PM Mar 2, 2025, 8:36 PM

            @sdetweil Dear Sam,
            seen backup/restore days ago and as the question arises here - I struggle with the commend line :-(

            bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore/main/mm_backup.sh)" -h
            

            works - I get some hints - same as on your github repo.

            bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore/main/mm_backup.sh)" -p
            

            doesn’t work?
            "illegal option '- ’ " is the error message.
            Where can I place the -p option?
            (inside the brackets I get an errormessage from curl …)

            This is also true if I add repo- and username and the token.
            There is my second question: how to pass the parameters?

            I’ve tried

            bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore/main/mm_backup.sh)" -p MagicMirror rkorell ghp_thisismyverylongandcryptictokenforgithub
            

            But with no luck.
            MagicMirror is a fresh created repo, rkorell is my username on GitHub - token is fresh created private token according your guidance in module description.

            Can you please help?

            Thanks a LOT -as always,
            Ralf

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              rkorell @rkorell
              last edited by rkorell Mar 2, 2025, 9:05 PM Mar 2, 2025, 9:04 PM

              @sdetweil ,

              last trial (after digging in your script I understand that -p is not that correct…)
              So I’ve figured out that reponame and username have their own prefix.
              A prefix for the token is not present, so I assume user:token could be feasible.
              So I came to

              bash -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore/main/mm_backup.sh) -p -r MagicMirror -u rkorell:ghpthisismyverylongandcryptictokenforgithub"
              

              But this doesn’t work either…
              So I’m desparately looking for the right place to put in the right parameters in the right manner.
              Sorry for being this dumb…
              Regards,
              Ralf

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                sdetweil @rkorell
                last edited by sdetweil Mar 13, 2025, 1:54 PM Mar 2, 2025, 9:39 PM

                @rkorell hm… I did

                bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore/main/mm_backup.sh)" -h
                

                and got

                -h takes optional parameters
                
                	 -s MagicMirror_dir
                		default /Users/sam/MagicMirror
                
                	 -b backup_dir 
                		default /Users/sam/MM_backup
                
                	 -m backup message 
                		 any message (in quotes) that you would like to attach to this change for later info
                		default none
                
                	 -p auto push to github (will need repo name, username,  user password or token
                		default false
                
                	 -r github repository name (reponame)
                		typically https://github.com/username/reponame.git
                		default output of git remote -v (if set)
                		 -r overrides the git remote setting
                
                	 -u github username
                		default none
                

                Sam

                How to add modules

                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

                S R 3 Replies Last reply Mar 2, 2025, 9:57 PM Reply Quote 0
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                  sdetweil @sdetweil
                  last edited by Mar 2, 2025, 9:57 PM

                  @rkorell there was a typo in the help contents…

                  I NEVER ask for password/token… git will prompt if needed…
                  thus I cannot capture it in my script… a security confidence thing…

                  Sam

                  How to add modules

                  learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                    sdetweil @sdetweil
                    last edited by sdetweil Mar 3, 2025, 2:15 PM Mar 2, 2025, 10:16 PM

                    @rkorell -p by itself gives an error, will fix

                    in both scripts

                    -s is the MagicMirror folder
                    -b is the backup folder
                    -u is the github userid
                    -r is the repo name, short xxxx or long https:…/repo
                    if you use the long url, i will get the userid from there

                    in backup
                    -p is push if not specified script will NOT push to github
                    in restore
                    -f requests fetch the github repo. if not specified, the local -b folder will be used to restore from. if not found the script will abort

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      nowayto @sdetweil
                      last edited by Mar 2, 2025, 10:53 PM

                      @sdetweil said in Question about backup script:

                      @nowayto also see my MMM-Config, it provides module install and all config

                      I give it a try some days ago, after your suggestion but I wanna learn the configuration first, rather than easier ways

                      I’ll read your CSS guide for sure

                      S 1 Reply Last reply Mar 2, 2025, 11:14 PM Reply Quote 1
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