From a357f65e311237ebc545338c136ebf570c63add5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: anaxios <ilguappo@pm.me>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 16:52:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add readme

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 README.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 README.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# backup.sh
+
+### Usage
+```bash
+./backup.sh <source dir> <destination dir>/<frequency> <number of backups to keep>
+```
+Setup backup strategy in `crontab -e`
+```bash
+0  */3  *  *  *  /mnt/DOOM/BACKUPS/backup.sh  /home/bob/  /mnt/DOOM/BACKUPS/bob/daily    56  |  tee  -a  /mnt/DOOM/BACKUPS/bob/log.txt
+0  0    *  *  4  /mnt/DOOM/BACKUPS/backup.sh  /home/bob/  /mnt/DOOM/BACKUPS/bob/weekly   4   |  tee  -a  /mnt/DOOM/BACKUPS/bob/log.txt
+0  0    1  *  *  /mnt/DOOM/BACKUPS/backup.sh  /home/bob/  /mnt/DOOM/BACKUPS/bob/monthly  12  |  tee  -a  /mnt/DOOM/BACKUPS/bob/log.txt
+```