Arguments

The tool has some subcommands that can be used manually. By default the tool will run in complete mode which does everything (check configuration, backup, upload and clean up).

usage: mdbackup [-h] [-c CONFIG] mode ...

Small but customizable utility to create backups and store them in cloud
storage providers

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
                        Path to configuration folder (default: config)

subcommands:
  Selects the run mode (defaults to complete)

  mode
    complete            Checks config, does a backup, uploads the backup and
                        does cleanup
    backup              Does a backup
    upload              Upload a pending backups
    cleanup             Does cleanup of backups
    check-config        Checks configuration to catch issues

complete

This subcommand has no extra arguments.

backup

This subcommand has no extra arguments.

upload

usage: mdbackup upload [-h] [--backup BACKUP] [-f]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  --backup BACKUP  Selects which backup to upload by the name of the folder
                   (which is the date of the backup)
  -f, --force      Force upload the backup even if the backup was already
                   uploaded

cleanup

This subcommand has no extra arguments.

check-config

This subcommand has no extra arguments.