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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+# Usage instructions at http://www.megaleecher.net/Best_Raspberry_Pi_Hot_Backup_Shell_Script
+# This version disables backup image compression as it takes too much time on Pi, to enable uncomment the relavent lines
+# Setting up directories, Just change SUBDIR and DIR varibales below to get going
+
+
+SUBDIR=deskPi
+DIR=/home/pi/ServerBackups
+
+echo "Starting RaspberryPI backup process!"
+
+# First check if pv package is installed, if not, install it first
+PACKAGESTATUS=`dpkg -s pv | grep Status`;
+
+if [[ $PACKAGESTATUS == S* ]]
+   then
+      echo "Package 'pv' is installed."
+   else
+      echo "Package 'pv' is NOT installed."
+      echo "Installing package 'pv'. Please wait..."
+      apt-get -y install pv
+fi
+
+# Check if backup directory exists
+if [ ! -d "$DIR" ];
+   then
+      echo "Backup directory $DIR doesn't exist, creating it now!"
+      mkdir $DIR
+fi
+
+# Create a filename with datestamp for our current backup (without .img suffix)
+OFILE="$DIR/backup_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)"
+
+# Create final filename, with suffix
+OFILEFINAL=$OFILE.img
+
+# First sync disks
+sync; sync
+
+# Shut down some services before starting backup process
+echo "Stopping some services before backup."
+service apache2 stop
+service mysql stop
+service cron stop
+
+# Begin the backup process, should take about 1 hour from 8Gb SD card to HDD
+echo "Backing up SD card to USB HDD."
+echo "This will take some time depending on your SD card size and read performance. Please wait..."
+SDSIZE=`blockdev --getsize64 /dev/mmcblk0`;
+pv -tpreb /dev/mmcblk0 -s $SDSIZE | dd of=$OFILE bs=1M conv=sync,noerror iflag=fullblock
+
+# Wait for DD to finish and catch result
+RESULT=$?
+
+# Start services again that where shutdown before backup process
+echo "Start the stopped services again."
+service apache2 start
+service mysql start
+service cron start
+
+# If command has completed successfully, delete previous backups and exit
+if [ $RESULT = 0 ];
+   then
+      echo "Successful backup, previous backup files will be deleted."
+      rm -f $DIR/backup_*.img
+      mv $OFILE $OFILEFINAL
+      echo "Backup is being tarred. Please wait..."
+      #tar zcf $OFILEFINAL.tar.gz $OFILEFINAL
+      # rm -rf $OFILEFINAL
+      echo "RaspberryPI backup process completed! FILE: $OFILEFINAL"
+      exit 0
+# Else remove attempted backup file
+   else
+      echo "Backup failed! Previous backup files untouched."
+      echo "Please check there is sufficient space on the HDD."
+      rm -f $OFILE
+      echo "RaspberryPI backup process failed!"
+      exit 1
+fi
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