backintime and mysql_dumps backup script

[er0sion]

Hello,

I have created a solution that works for me to backup files / folders to Dropbox. This solution requires that dropbox for amahi be installed.

My Setup:
Backintime and mysql dumps are performed nightly via crontab to /mnt/hda/Backups/
My Dropbox Sync folder is located in /mnt/hda/Dropbox/

The problem I was facing is that, though, backintime has an expiration setting, I really wanted more control over what I wanted deleted, and I wanted to be able to set this up real quick.

backintime folders must be in the following format: yyyymmdd-hhmmss-xxx
mysql dump must be in the following format: mysql_backup_yyyy-mm-dd

Simply set $dir to your original Backups location, $dst to your Dropbox backups folder. Change $expiration if necessary, run script.
There isnt much error checking and the script does copy the files over everytime the script is performed, so if you modified a backup in dropbox, it will overwrite your changes if you didnt back it up again to $dir

in dropbox_maint.php you can display output or supress it by adding (or removing) 'true':

$dropbox->Clean(true);
$dropbox->BackupToDropbox(true);

The script also has a 'dumb' exemption list, which just checks the file name, and not path. If the file is found in the exemption list, it will not copy it to dropbox.

The attached zip contains a dropbox class that i created in php and the dropbox_maint.php is the script that uses the class.

if you would like more features added to the class, let me know.

[bigfoot65]

Great stuff! Would you mind putting this guidance in the wiki? It would be more beneficial to users and easier to find.

http://wiki.amahi.org

We are trying to build a repository of user contributions such as this in the wiki. Makes the HDA better for all.

Thanks again!