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Simple bash script to backup and restore termux(an android terminal emulator) even across devices.

License: MIT License

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termuxbackuptools's Introduction

Rewind - A termux backup/restore tool

Introducing rewind - the ultimate solution for all your data backup and restore needs on the popular Android terminal emulator, Termux. Say goodbye to the hassle of manual data transfer and hello to seamless backups with just a few simple commands. With rewind, you can easily backup your important files, and even better, create a list of all the packages you've installed so they can be reinstalled with ease during a restore. Experience the power and convenience of rewind, the ultimate backup and restore tool for Termux.

created by Laraib07

Installation

Just copy paste this in your termux.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/laraib07/TermuxBackupTools/master/rewind && chmod u+x rewind && mv rewind $PREFIX/bin/

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/laraib07/TermuxBackupTools/master/rewind && chmod u+x rewind && mv rewind $PREFIX/bin/

Usage

Usage : rewind [-hv] [-b|-r [home|pkgs]]

option	Description
-h	print this usage
-v	print version
-b [home\|pkgs]	backup home and/or packages
-r [home\|pkgs]	restore home and/or packages

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How to backup important packages in termux

Bro i have a question can i only make backup of important packages like
All python packages
Pip
Git
Xfce4
X11-repo
Etc
Because i downloaded useless packages accidentally in termux thats why i wanna to create backup file of only important packages plz respond me as soon as possible plzz

chmod: changing permissions of 'rewind': Operation not permitted

I can't install it, maybe I need to root my device.
Is there a workaround to install it without rooting?
thanks.

[ ! ] Restoring packages Be patient... NOT WORKING

[ ! ] Restoring packages
Be patient...

E: Option vim: Configuration item specification must have an =.

.suroot folder permission denied

Thank you for the module.

There is one issue, backup failed due to permission denied in .suroot folder.

And where can I find the backup files?

[Question]How does it handle symlinks?

Does it only copy the symlink files or does it goes through the symlink and sutff?

[apt list --manual-installed] vs pkgs.bak

Hello,
To see manual-installed package in Termux: apt list --manual-installed
But this list is different from your list in pkgs.bak

This will cause missing packages during restoring process, won't it?

Permission Denied

I get permission denied errors when backing up home in my TermuxArch directory, is there a way to ignore these warnings because it fails to backup because of some files in the arch directory.

Add ability to specify filename

I added a time stamp to the filenames. Would you be able to add the ability to restore by passing the filenames?

Can this script backup and restore to a new device?

Is this script able to backup from one Termux installation and restore to another device? Will it set the correct user and filesystem permissions for all packages and and scripts?

I looked briefly at the code but I couldn't see if it would take care of these issues. Perhaps you could update the readme to clarify this as backing and restoring across devices may be one of the main use cases.

Backup Pkgs: List shows pkgs that were removed/no longer installed

I just did a backup of both my home and Pkgs and happened to notice after backing up Pkgs that the list shown due to using the print option includes all packages I've installed and since deleted. Is this something I can fix? Does rewind pull an overall list from somewhere? Even Pkgs I had removed with "apt-get purge" were still there.