Question about backup script

[sdetweil]

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

[sdetweil]

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[rkorell]

@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

[rkorell]

@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

[sdetweil]

@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

[sdetweil]

@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…

[sdetweil]

@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

[nowayto]

@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

[sdetweil]

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

my objective is to help you get results.

[nowayto]

@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