Scheduled backups

apc · November 24, 2016 at 9:58 AM

Would it be possible to include a feature for scheduling backups - weekly, monthly etc?

I was thinking of a situation where a script could be invoked by a cron which in turn runs the backup to the default backup directory.

Thanks.

**chewitt** · November 24, 2016 at 11:05 AM Official Post

No plans to enhance our one-time backup option because Add-on:Backup - Official Kodi Wiki already exists

apc · November 24, 2016 at 3:28 PM

Quote from chewitt

No plans to enhance our one-time backup option because Add-on:Backup - Official Kodi Wiki already exists

Thanks - never realised that - I was using the LibreElec backup.

Does the backup addon work the same, i.e. can the same backup directory path be used?

**lrusak** · November 24, 2016 at 5:49 PM Official Post

Quote from apc

Thanks - never realised that - I was using the LibreElec backup.

Does the backup addon work the same, i.e. can the same backup directory path be used?

no they do not work the same. the LibreELEC backup saves LibreELEC specific things (ssh keys, LibreELEC settings, etc)

apc · November 24, 2016 at 8:41 PM

Quote from lrusak

no they do not work the same. the LibreELEC backup saves LibreELEC specific things (ssh keys, LibreELEC settings, etc)

Thanks - I will stick with a manual LibreElec backup in that case, on the basis it offers a complete system restore should the need arise.

**mglae** · November 24, 2016 at 10:02 PM

Currently a LibreElec backup is just a tar of /storage/.cache, /storage/.config, /storage/.kodi and /storage/.ssh

**ozolli** · November 24, 2016 at 10:05 PM

Quote from lrusak

no they do not work the same. the LibreELEC backup saves LibreELEC specific things (ssh keys, LibreELEC settings, etc)

Hi,
Could you add /storage/.profile to the backup and restore list please ?

Edit: I added

Code

if os.path.exists("/storage/.profile"):
                    tar.add("/storage/.profile")

After line 903 in service.libreelec.settings/resources/lib/modules/system.py and it did the trick.

apc · November 25, 2016 at 8:05 AM

Quote from mglae

Currently a LibreElec backup is just a tar of /storage/.cache, /storage/.config, /storage/.kodi and /storage/.ssh

So how complete would a restore be after for example burning a new LE image as a completely new install.

**chewitt** · November 25, 2016 at 9:41 AM Official Post

Quote from apc

So how complete would a restore be after for example burning a new LE image as a completely new install.

As long as you don't store media on /storage it should have everything necessary.

apc · November 26, 2016 at 6:43 AM

I backup to the default path /storage/backup and then copy to my computer, flash drive etc.

**ozolli** · November 28, 2016 at 5:00 PM

Quote from ozolli
Hi,
Could you add /storage/.profile to the backup and restore list please ?

Edit: I added
Code
if os.path.exists("/storage/.profile"):
                    tar.add("/storage/.profile")
After line 903 in service.libreelec.settings/resources/lib/modules/system.py and it did the trick.

Actually I found a way to have a .profile file surviving a backup/restore using a dummy addon.
At startup LE looks for /storage/.kodi/addons/*/profile.d/*.profile (in /etc/profile.d/00-addons.conf).
So the content of, for example, /storage/.kodi/addons/user/profile.d/user.profile will be read and applied, and this file will be saved and restored.

Worth noting that /storage/.kodi/addons/user/bin will be added to the PATH variable at startup so is a nice place for your own scripts.

Sort of a dirty hack but I'm fine with it