# About
A small learning project created due to a need for a highly configurable
backup program and to learn Rust better.
# License
The project is licensed under the [MPL (Mozilla public license)](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/).
The license is included in the LICENSE.txt
# Installation and usage
Read the USAGE.md file.
# Main features
These features **might not yet be implemented** but are the main ones that
will be implemented. When all of these are complete the project will officially
reach version **1.0.0** and will be considered "stable".
- [x] backing up modified files
- [x] multiple configurable backup targets
- [x] each has an optional tag for identification (manual mode and logging)
- [x] option to ignore files and folders (possibly regex)
- [x] option to disable auto backup (manual mode)
- [x] number of copies to keep (>1 disables timestamp checks)
- [x] option to enable always copy
- [x] additional options for different types of backups (ie. network)
- [ ] restore from backup
- [ ] restore backed up targets to their original location
- [ ] option for selecting a new location
- [ ] option to select which revision to restore
- [ ] daemon mode on Unix (pid-s and other runtime files are saved in a "run" folder)
- [ ] intervals for backing up
- [ ] possible windows service
- [x] manual mode (command line)
- [x] manually select backup target
- [ ] manually select target and destination folder
- [ ] other possible arguments such as --daemonize
- [ ] snazzy UI, complete with:
- [ ] icons
- [x] ASCII art
- [ ] colored
- [ ] with cool text
- [ ] fancy words
- [ ] lots of logging
# Secondary features
Features that might be implemented later.
- NCURSES (Unix, maybe windows if the packages work) config editor
- configurable styles
- Maybe a GUI front-end
- maybe
- just maybe
- _possible_ resource limiting
- more advanced scheduling
- day of the week
- hours
- conditional backup (backup based on a configurable if statement)
- daemon file watcher
- notifications
# Contributing
Ask for a pull request if you have a nice idea or something.
ALL contribution is licensed under the same license above.