Automatic backup script - Revision history

SuddenWhipVapor at 09:11, 13 October 2025

2025-10-13T09:11:03Z

2025-08-12T22:14:53Z

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macOS

2025-07-21T09:33:51Z

only include `private` and `settings` folders for Bisq2

2025-07-21T08:42:57Z

MacOS: Add Bisq2 + MacOS

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Windows: Add Bisq2 + Windows

2025-07-21T08:31:02Z

Linux: make cosmetic changes

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Linux: make cosmetic changes

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MacOS: add MacOs instructions

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Linux

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 # ==== EDIT THE FOLLOWING ====
-SOURCE_DIR="/home/YOURUSERNAME/local/share/Bisq/btc_mainnet"
+SOURCE_DIR="/home/YOURUSERNAME/.local/share/Bisq/btc_mainnet"
 TARGET_FOLDER="/mnt/BACKUPS/BISQ1"
 BACKUP_COUNT=4
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 # ==== EDIT THE FOLLOWING ====
-FOLDER_TO_BACKUP="/home/YOURUSERNAME/local/share/Bisq2/db"
+FOLDER_TO_BACKUP="/home/YOURUSERNAME/.local/share/Bisq2/db"
 TARGET_FOLDER="/mnt/BACKUPS/BISQ2"
 BACKUP_COUNT=4

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 All scripts require 7z compression (7-zip on Windows, p7zip-full on Linux, p7zip on MacOS).
-The code will backup all functional files in the data directory, leaving out non-unique files that the Bisq application will fetch/re-create autonomously, and compress them into a 7zip archive, keeping the number of last backups that you define, while deleting the oldest one(s) if the existing number of backups is higher.
+The provided code will backup all functional files in the data directory, leaving out non-unique files that the Bisq application will fetch/re-create autonomously, and compress them into a 7zip archive, keeping the number of last backups that you define, while deleting the oldest one(s) if the existing number of backups is higher.
 It is advised that you direct the backups to either an external drive, or a NAS, or an encrypted cloud storage.

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 *  Adjust settings as needed and save the task.
-== macOS ==
+== MacOS ==
 Open the Terminal and run:

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-z a -t7z -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on -mmt=on "/tmp/${ARCHIVE_NAME}" "${FOLDER_TO_BACKUP}"
+z a -t7z -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on -mmt=on "/tmp/${ARCHIVE_NAME}" "${FOLDER_TO_BACKUP}/private" "${FOLDER_TO_BACKUP}/settings"
 mv "/tmp/${ARCHIVE_NAME}" "${TARGET_FOLDER}"
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 $FinalArchive = Join-Path $TargetFolder $ArchiveName
-# Adjust 7z.exe path if needed
+& "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a -t7z -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on -mmt=on "`"$TempArchive`"" "`"$FolderToBackup\private`"" "`"$FolderToBackup\settings`""
 Move-Item -Path $TempArchive -Destination $FinalArchive -Force
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 ARCHIVE_PATH="${TARGET_FOLDER}/${ARCHIVE_NAME}"
-z a -t7z -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on -mmt=on "/tmp/${ARCHIVE_NAME}" "${FOLDER_TO_BACKUP}"
+z a -t7z -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on -mmt=on "/tmp/${ARCHIVE_NAME}" "${FOLDER_TO_BACKUP}/private" "${FOLDER_TO_BACKUP}/settings"
 mv "/tmp/${ARCHIVE_NAME}" "${ARCHIVE_PATH}"

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 *  Adjust settings as needed and save the task.
-== MacOS ==
+== macOS ==
-MacOS
+Open the Terminal and run:

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 == Windows ==
-windows
+Create a scripts solder and a PowerShell script:
 == MacOS ==
 MacOS

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 #!/bin/bash
-# EDIT THE FOLLOWING
+# ==== EDIT THE FOLLOWING ====
 FOLDER_TO_BACKUP="/home/YOURUSERNAME/local/share/Bisq2/db"
 TARGET_FOLDER="/mnt/BACKUPS/BISQ2"
 BACKUP_COUNT=4
-# ##
+# ============================
 ARCHIVE_ROOT="bisq2_backup_"
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 </pre>
-Lastly, edit the system <code>crontab</code> with <code>crontab -e</code> (in Debian derivatives), and add the following line to have a backup taken every 8 hours:
+Lastly, edit the system <code>crontab</code> with
-<code>0 */8 * * * /home/YOURUSERNAME/scripts/bisq2backup > /tmp/bisq1backup.log</code>
+ <code>0 */8 * * * /home/YOURUSERNAME/scripts/bisq2backup > /tmp/bisq1backup.log</code>
 == Windows ==