Alternative Methods

This is a section for alternative methods for running the script and automating/manual backups

Command-Line Arguments¶

If script.sh is executed in the terminal, Command-Line Arguments are available:

Argument	Description	Example
`-h`, `--help`	Display the help page and exit	`script.sh --help` or `script.sh -h`
`-c`, `--commit_message`	Use your own commit message for the git push	`script.sh --commit_message "my commit message"` or `script.sh -c "my commit message"`
`-f`, `--fix`	Delete the config_backup folder. This can help to solve the vast majority of error messages	`script.sh --fix` or `script.sh -f`
`-d`, `--debug`	Output debugging information	`script.sh --debug` or `script.sh -d`

Timed Backups using systemd¶

For those with distros that may not include cron in the base packages you can use the following to setup timed backups instead

Create a timer unit file at /etc/systemd/system/klipper-backup.timer with the following:

[Unit]
Description=Run klipper backup script every 4 hours

[Timer]
OnBootSec=300s
OnUnitActiveSec=4hr

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

Create a service file at /etc/systemd/system/klipper-backup.service with the following:

[Unit]
Description=Klipper Backup On-boot Service
#Uncomment below lines if using network manager
After=NetworkManager-wait-online.service
Wants=NetworkManager-wait-online.service
#Uncomment below lines if not using network manager
#After=network-online.target
#Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
User=<REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_USERNAME>
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'bash $HOME/klipper-backup/script.sh -c "New Backup on timer - $(date +"%%x - %%X")"'

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Run sudo systemctl daemon-reload once both files have been created.
Enable the systemd timer sudo systemctl enable --now klipper-backup.timer. The timer will run the service file every 4 hours.

Note

if you would like to edit the time between backups you can edit line 5 OnUnitActiveSec= to your specified time.