Back It Up

Simple CLI tool to create numbered backups of files and directories.

Do you want to make changes to a file or a folder but want to keep a copy of the original just in case? Just back it up with bak!

Prerequisites

• C++20 or above
• Compiler support for the format header (e.g. GCC libstdc++ 13+)
• CMake

Building

Compile the project using the steps below.

# Navigate to the project directory
cd /path/to/this/project

# Ceate and change to the build directory
mkdir build
cd build

# Generate the build files
cmake ../ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

# Build the project
cmake --build .

Usage

To use the bak tool, simply execute the following command:

bak file1 [file2 ...]

This will create numbered backups of the specified files (or folders) in the same directory as the original. The backups will be named <file>-00.bak, <file>-01.bak, etc. The number will increment based on the existing backups.

To restore a backup, simply remove the backup specific ending.

Example

Suppose you have a file named example.txt. Running the following command:

bak example.txt

will create a backup named example.txt-00.bak. If you run the command again, it will create example.txt-01.bak, and so on.

Limitations

By default, symlinks are not followed.