forever-ago

Nightly tar.gz backups of a directory with SHA-256 verification and retention pruning.

Install

cargo install forever-ago

One-shot run (manual test)

forever-ago \
  --source $HOME/.openclaw \
  --dest-dir $HOME/backups \
  --prefix openclaw-$(`hostname`) \
  --retain 7 \
  --once

This produces:

$HOME/backups/openclaw-myhost-YYYY-MM-DD.tar.gz and $HOME/backups/openclaw-myhost-YYYY-MM-DD.tar.gz.sha256

Run as a service via PM2

pm2 start forever-ago/pm2/ecosystem.config.cjs
pm2 logs forever-ago
pm2 save
pm2 startup   # follow the printed instructions

Defaults in the PM2 config:

• cwd: ~/.openclaw (so --source . backs up this directory)
• destination: ~/backups
• schedule: 03:00 EST local time
• retention: keep newest 7 backups