Restic Backup Script

restic-backup.sh

#!/bin/bash

# not needed if using packaged version
restic self-update

# Assumes you have RESTIC_REPOSITORY and RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND set

# Refresh credentials here, if applicable

# Bail if restic is already running, maybe previous run didn't finish
if pidof -x restic >/dev/null; then
    echo "Backup already running"
    exit
fi

restic --verbose backup ~/ --exclude-file="$HOME/.restic_excludes"

restic forget --keep-weekly 4 --prune