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### scriptHelp -- display usage information for this script
function scriptHelp {
echo -e "${bold}${note}\n${scriptName} usage instructions:\n${normal}"
echo -e "${default}This script performs a backup of your Seafile system"
echo -e "assuming a fairly standard baremetal set up such as outlined at"
echo -e "${lit}https://mytechiethoughts.com${default}. Full details about"
echo -e "this script can be found at that site."
echo -e "${default}This script performs a backup of your Seafile system" \
"assuming a fairly standard"
echo -e "baremetal set up such as outlined at${lit}" \
"https://mytechiethoughts.com${default}."
echo -e "Details about this script can be found at that site."
echo -e "${bold}\nThe script performs the following tasks:" \
"${normal}${default}"
echo -e "1. Stops Seafile services and copies a 503 error page to" \
"your webroot"
echo -e "\tto prevent access during backup."
echo -e "2. Dumps SQL to a temporary directory."
echo -e "3. Invokes borgbackup to backup your SQL info, Seafile program"
echo -e "and data files"
echo -e "\talong with any other files you specify."
"your webroot to"
echo -e "\tprevent access to Seafile during the backup."
echo -e "2. Dumps Seafile SQL database to a temporary directory."
echo -e "3. Invokes borgbackup to backup your SQL data, Seafile program" \
"and data files,"
echo -e "\tand any other files you specify."
echo -e "3. Prunes old backups from borgbackup repo."
echo -e "4. Removes 503 page and cleans up."
echo -e "\nThe readme file included in this script's git contains detailed"
echo -e "usage information. The following is a brief summary:\n"
echo -e "4. Removes 503 error page, if necessary, and cleans up."
echo -e "\nThe readme file included in this script's git repo contains" \
"detailed usage"
echo -e "information. The following is a brief summary:\n"
echo -e "${bold}${note}Mandatory parameters:${normal}${default}"
echo -e "${lit}\n-d, Seafile data directory${default}"
echo -e "This is the physical location of your Seafile data."
echo -e "${lit}\n-u, Seafile system user account${default}"
echo -e "The system account Seafile is running under. Some actions must"
echo -e "run as this user due to file ownership restrictions."
echo -e "The system account Seafile is running under. Some actions must" \
"run as this"
echo -e "user due to file ownership restrictions."
echo -e "${bold}${note}\nOptional parameters:${normal}${default}"
echo -e "${lit}\n-5, Location of 503 error page file${default}"
echo -e "FULL PATH to the 503 error page HTML file you want copied to your"
echo -e "webroot to inform users the server is down during the backup. If"
echo -e "you don't specify a path/file, the default will be used. If the"
echo -e "default cannot be found, a warning will be logged and the script"
echo -e "will continue."
echo -e "FULL PATH to the 503 error page HTML file you want copied to" \
"your webroot to"
echo -e "inform users the server is down during the backup. If you don't" \
"specify a path/"
echo -e "file, the default will be used. If the default cannot be found," \
"a warning will"
echo -e "be logged and the script will continue."
echo -e "${info}Default: ScriptPath/503.html${default}"
echo -e "${lit}\n-b, Location of file with borg repo details${default}"
echo -e "FULL PATH to the plain text file containing all information needed"
echo -e "to connect and process your borg repo. Details on the structure of"
echo -e "this file are in the readme and on ${lit}https://mytechiethoughts.com${default}"
echo -e "FULL PATH to the plain text file containing all information" \
"needed to connect"
echo -e "and process your borg repo. Details on the structure of this" \
"file are in the"
echo -e "readme and on ${lit}https://mytechiethoughts.com${default}"
echo -e "${info}Default: ScriptPath/nc_borg.details${default}"
echo -e "${lit}\n-l, Location to save log file${default}"
echo -e "This script writes a detailed log file of all activities. It is"
echo -e "structured in an way easy for log parsers (like Logwatch) to read."
echo -e "This script writes a detailed log file of all activities. It" \
"is structured in"
echo -e "a way easy for log parsers (like Logwatch) to read."
echo -e "${info}Default: ScriptPath/ScriptName.log${default}"
echo -e "${lit}\n-s, Location of file with mySQL details${default}"
echo -e "FULL PATH to the plain text file containing all information needed"
echo -e "to connect to your mySQL (mariaDB) server and Seafile database."
echo -e "Details on the structure of this file are in the readme and on"
echo -e "${lit}https://mytechiethoughts.com${default}"
echo -e "FULL PATH to the plain text file containing all information" \
"needed to connect"
echo -e "to your mySQL (mariaDB) server and Seafile database. Details" \
"on the structure"
echo -e "of this file are in the readme and on${lit}" \
"https://mytechiethoughts.com${default}"
echo -e "${info}Default: ScriptPath/nc_sql.details${default}"
echo -e "${lit}\n-v, Verbose output from borgbackup${default}"
echo -e "By default, this script will only log summary data from borg."
echo -e "If you need/want more detailed information, the verbose setting"
echo -e "will list every file processed along with their status. Note: Your"
echo -e "log file can quickly get very very large using this option!"
echo -e "By default, this script will only log summary data from borg." \
"If you need/want"
echo -e "more detailed information, the verbose setting will list every" \
"file processed"
echo -e "along with their status. Note: Your log file can quickly get" \
"very very large"
echo -e "using this option!"
echo -e "${info}Default: NOT activated (standard logging)${default}"
echo -e "${lit}\n-w, webserver's webroot directory${default}"
echo -e "This is the location from which your webserver (NGINX, Apache,"
echo -e "etc.) physically stores files to be served. This is NOT the"
echo -e "configuration directory for your webserver! It is the place"
echo -e "where the actual HTML/PHP/CSS/JS/etc. files are stored."
echo -e "NOTE: If you omit this option, then the entire 503 copy process"
echo -e "will be skipped regardless of the presence of a 503.html file."
echo -e "If you don't want to use the 503 feature, omitting this is an easy"
echo -e "way to skip it!"
echo -e "This is the location from which your webserver (NGINX, Apache," \
"etc.) physically"
echo -e "stores files to be served. This is NOT the configuration" \
"directory for your"
echo -e "webserver! It is the place where the actual" \
"HTML/PHP/CSS/JS/etc. files are"
echo -e "stored. NOTE: If you omit this option, then the entire 503 copy" \
"process will"
echo -e "be skipped regardless of the presence of a 503.html file. If" \
"you don't want to"
echo -e "use the 503 feature, omitting this is an easy way to skip it!"
echo -e "${info}Default: NONE${default}"
echo -e "${lit}\n-?, This help screen${default}\n"
echo -e "${bold}Please refer to the readme file and/or ${lit}https://mytechiethoughts.com${default}"