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  • R Offline
    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

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        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

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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

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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

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                sdetweil @nowayto
                last edited by Mar 2, 2025, 11:14 PM

                @nowayto yes, providing helpful tools hides the detail. a double edged sword

                my objective is to help you get results.

                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, 11:25 PM

                  @sdetweil and I really thank you for that.
                  Thanks to you even more people will try MM and appreciate your work.
                  On my side I’m there to learn something new.
                  It’ more challenging but it’s also more interesting so I’d prefer manual ways.
                  Thanks a lot for your help, I’ll really appreciate that

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                    rkorell @sdetweil
                    last edited by Mar 3, 2025, 12:23 PM

                    @sdetweil said in Question about backup script:

                    hm… I did

                    Dear Sam (@sdetweil),
                    yes - this worked for me as well :-)

                    Now figured out how it works:

                    Have issued

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

                    Then I was asked for username and password (twice) and git upload worked…
                    It seems git upload now contains a copy of local directory mm_backup.

                    If I check both, there are only a few directoris in Github as well as locally - much fewer than total number of installed modules…
                    What is the criterium for a module to “earn” a directory or not?

                    Thanks a lot!

                    Warmest regards,
                    Ralf

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                      sdetweil @rkorell
                      last edited by sdetweil Mar 3, 2025, 4:06 PM Mar 3, 2025, 1:45 PM

                      @rkorell the backup copies the url of the module source

                      where you cloned from,
                      see git remote -v in any module folder

                      now some modules create files, token.json for example
                      if i find extra files i need a place to store them, so the module name for a folder is created

                      the module_list file contains the list of modules needed
                      and their urls. they are reinstalled

                      the readme says this

                      this is not a binary backup

                      you can use this to move to a new system or new sd card (changing processor architectures too, pc to pi, pi to pc… whatever)

                      yes the folder MM_backup by default is a git source repository
                      and git will track any changes (new backup differences)

                      each time you back up, i create a marker to label this event, in git called a tag

                      and you can restore any one of those and compare two tags to see the difference

                      the private repo is because the files are saved in source form, and contain apikeys and maybe other credentials

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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