Scribe is a backup script written in Bash. It is intended for backing up personal files on a machine.
Note: Although this script was developed and tested on Linux systems, the use of any Linux specific commands or functions has been strictly avoided in the script. Which means, in theory, Scribe should work just as well on machines running macOS.
Scribe will NOT work on Windows machines.
Navigate to the Releases section and download the source code for the Latest Release of Scribe.
Once you've downloaded the zip file containing the source code, unzip the file to extract its contents.
In order to run a script on a machine, it needs to have execute permission.
This can be granted by opening the Terminal in the directory containing the scribe.sh file and executing the following command:
$ chmod u+x scribe.sh
This will grant execute permission for the script only to the owner of the file.
Follow the step-by-step instructions in the User Guide to perform the Initial Setup for Scribe.
This step is optional but strongly recommended to improve your experience when using Scribe.
Refer to Creating an Alias in the User Guide for instructions on how to create one.
For detailed documentation on Scribe commands, refer to the User Guide.
Scribe is intended for backing up personal files. Although you can back up system files using Scribe, it is strongly advised that you use a program specially designed for that task like Timeshift.