Bump version to 4.6.2

With incremental recursion rsync only knows the total near the end, so the bar showed
no ETA for most of the backup. Save the file count as a third line of the state file
and use it as an estimate until rsync reports the real total.

PKGBUILD

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 pkgname=simple_backup
 pkgdesc='Simple backup script that uses rsync to copy files'
-pkgver=4.6.0
+pkgver=4.6.1
 pkgrel=1
 url="https://git.shouldnt.work/fuxino/$pkgname"
 arch=('any')
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ checkdepends=('python-pytest'
 conflicts=('simple_backup-git')
 source=("git+$url?signed#tag=$pkgver")
 validpgpkeys=('7E12BC1FF3B6EDB2CD8053EB981A2B2A3BBF5514')
-sha256sums=('049c900b2d778434baa579409ccbb2b66ddb0968cf1dd23b3de0eda65ef3d2c6')
+sha256sums=('3646012b0d50ca2cc1adcd7904bb34389e8d33724534730b48ae30de6b28f994')
 
 build()
 {

README.md

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ The only rsync error that is ignored is return code 24 (source files vanished du
 
 ## Last backup
 After each successful backup, simple_backup saves its time and directory to `~/.local/state/simple_backup/last_backup` (or `$XDG_STATE_HOME/simple_backup/last_backup`).
+It also saves the number of files, so that the next run can show progress and an estimated time while rsync is still looking for files.
 When run with sudo or doas, the file goes to the home directory of the user who ran the command.
 Print it with:
 

man/simple_backup.1

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH SIMPLE_BACKUP 1 2026-11-02 SIMPLE_BACKUP 4.6.1
+.TH SIMPLE_BACKUP 1 2026-11-02 SIMPLE_BACKUP 4.6.2
 .SH NAME
 simple_backup \- Backup files and folders using rsync
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -108,8 +108,9 @@ Don't use systemd journal for logging.
 .B \-\-no\-progress
 Don't show a progress bar while rsync copies the files. The progress bar is only shown when
 the output is a terminal, so it never appears in the systemd journal or in redirected output.
-While rsync is still looking for files, the bar shows \(aq(scanning)\(aq, and the percentage
+While rsync is still looking for files, the percentage and estimated time (marked with
-and estimated time are only approximate.
+\(aq~\(aq) are based on the number of files in the last backup, or the bar shows
+\(aq(scanning)\(aq if that is unknown or already exceeded.
 .TP
 .B \-\-rsync\-options OPTIONS [OPTION...]
 By default, the following rsync options are used:
@@ -227,7 +228,9 @@ Bad configuration file or options (for example, only one of SSH host and SSH use
 Written after each successful backup (local or remote), replacing the previous one. The first line
 is the completion time in ISO 8601 format with the UTC offset (for example
 \(aq2026\-10\-25T14:03:12+02:00\(aq), the second line the backup directory (prefixed with
-\(aquser@host:\(aq for remote backups). The default location is
+\(aquser@host:\(aq for remote backups), and the third line, if present, the number of files, used
+for the progress bar estimate (only counted when the progress bar is shown, otherwise the previous
+count is kept). The default location is
 \fI~/.local/state/simple_backup/last_backup\fR. When running as root with sudo, doas or \-\-user,
 the file is written to that user\(aqs \fI~/.local/state\fR and owned by them. Useful for scripts
 that remind you when a backup is overdue.

simple_backup/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Init."""
 
-__version__ = '4.6.1'
+__version__ = '4.6.2'

simple_backup/simple_backup.py

@@ -94,14 +94,27 @@ class MyFormatter(argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter, argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFo
 class _ProgressBar:
     """Draws rsync --info=progress2 updates as a bar on stderr"""
 
-    def __init__(self) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, estimate: int = 0) -> None:
         self._start = default_timer()
         # rsync reports ir-chk while incremental recursion is still finding files
         self._scanning = True
         self._checked = 0
         self._total = 0
+        # Total files of the last backup, used until rsync knows the real total
+        self._estimate = estimate
         self._shown = False
 
+    @property
+    def total(self) -> int | None:
+        """Total number of files, once rsync has found them all"""
+
+        return None if self._scanning or self._total == 0 else self._total
+
+    def _eta(self, total: int) -> str:
+        eta = int((default_timer() - self._start) * (total - self._checked) / self._checked)
+
+        return f'{eta // 3600}:{eta // 60 % 60:02d}:{eta % 60:02d}'
+
     def update(self, record: str) -> bool:
         """Draw the bar if record is a progress update, and return whether it was"""
 
@@ -119,7 +132,17 @@ class _ProgressBar:
             self._checked = self._total - int(m.group(3))
 
         # Count files, not bytes: with --link-dest unchanged files are linked, and rsync's percentage leaves them out
-        if self._scanning or self._total == 0:
+        percent: int | None
+
+        if self.total is None:
+            # Estimate from the last backup, unless this one already has more files
+            if 0 < self._checked < self._estimate:
+                percent = self._checked * 100 // self._estimate
+                text = f'{f"~{percent}":>3}%  {self._checked:,}/~{self._estimate:,} files  {size} copied'
+
+                if percent > 0:
+                    text += f'  ETA ~{self._eta(self._estimate)}'
+            else:
                 text = f'{self._checked:,} files checked  {size} copied  (scanning)'
                 percent = None
         else:
@@ -127,12 +150,11 @@ class _ProgressBar:
             text = f'{percent:3d}%  {self._checked:,}/{self._total:,} files  {size} copied'
 
             if 0 < percent < 100:
-                eta = int((default_timer() - self._start) * (self._total - self._checked) / self._checked)
+                text += f'  ETA {self._eta(self._total)}'
-                text += f'  ETA {eta // 3600}:{eta // 60 % 60:02d}:{eta % 60:02d}'
 
         width = get_terminal_size().columns - 1
 
-        # Fixed width, so the bar doesn't jump when the text changes length; no bar until the total is known
+        # Fixed width, so the bar doesn't jump when the text changes length; no bar without a total or estimate
         if percent is not None and len(text) + PROGRESS_BAR_WIDTH + 4 <= width:
             filled = PROGRESS_BAR_WIDTH * percent // 100
             text = f'[{"#" * filled}{"-" * (PROGRESS_BAR_WIDTH - filled)}]  {text}'
@@ -195,7 +217,7 @@ class Backup:
                  keep: int | None, options: str,
                  ssh_host: str | None = None, ssh_user: str | None = None, ssh_keyfile: str | None = None,
                  remote_sudo: bool = False, remove_before: bool = False, verbose: bool = False,
-                 progress: bool = False) -> None:
+                 progress: bool = False, file_estimate: int = 0) -> None:
         # Missing values are reported by check_params()
         self.inputs = inputs if inputs is not None else []
         self.output = output if output is not None else ''
@@ -209,6 +231,9 @@ class Backup:
         self._remove_before = remove_before
         self._verbose = verbose
         self._progress = progress
+        self._file_estimate = file_estimate
+        # Files in the backup, known only with the progress bar
+        self.file_count: int | None = None
         self._last_backup = ''
         self._server = ''
         self._output_dir = ''
@@ -768,7 +793,7 @@ class Backup:
 
         if self._progress:
             args.append('--info=progress2')
-            bar = _ProgressBar()
+            bar = _ProgressBar(self._file_estimate)
 
         with Popen(args, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, shell=False, env=env) as p:
             assert p.stdin is not None and isinstance(p.stdout, io.BufferedIOBase)
@@ -787,6 +812,9 @@ class Backup:
 
             returncode = p.wait()
 
+        if bar is not None:
+            self.file_count = bar.total
+
         if returncode == 0:
             # Without -v, only the summary, which may be fewer than two lines (e.g. with --rsync-options q)
             for r in output:
@@ -1105,12 +1133,28 @@ def _state_file(owner: pwd.struct_passwd | None) -> str:
     return os.path.join(base, 'simple_backup', 'last_backup')
 
 
-def _write_state(user: str | None, destination: str) -> None:
+def _last_file_count(user: str | None) -> int:
-    """Record the time and directory of the last successful backup (two lines)"""
+    """Files in the last backup (third line of the state file), or 0 if unknown"""
+
+    try:
+        with open(_state_file(_state_owner(user)), encoding='utf-8') as fp:
+            return int(fp.read().splitlines()[2])
+    except (OSError, ValueError, IndexError):
+        return 0
+
+
+def _write_state(user: str | None, destination: str, file_count: int | None = None) -> None:
+    """Record the time, directory and file count of the last successful backup (one per line)"""
 
     owner = _state_owner(user)
     path = _state_file(owner)
     tmp = ''
+
+    # Without the progress bar the count is unknown, so keep the previous one
+    if file_count is None:
+        file_count = _last_file_count(user)
+
+    count_line = f'{file_count}\n' if file_count > 0 else ''
     euid, egid = os.geteuid(), os.getegid()
 
     # Create the file (and any missing directories) as the user, not root
@@ -1125,7 +1169,7 @@ def _write_state(user: str | None, destination: str) -> None:
         fd, tmp = mkstemp(prefix='.last_backup', dir=os.path.dirname(path), text=True)
 
         with os.fdopen(fd, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fp:
-            fp.write(f'{datetime.now().astimezone().isoformat(timespec="seconds")}\n{destination}\n')
+            fp.write(f'{datetime.now().astimezone().isoformat(timespec="seconds")}\n{destination}\n{count_line}')
 
         os.replace(tmp, path)
     except OSError as e:
@@ -1260,9 +1304,10 @@ def simple_backup() -> int:
     if args.numeric_ids or config_args['numeric_ids']:
         rsync_options.append('--numeric-ids')
 
+    progress = not args.no_progress and sys.stderr.isatty()
     backup = Backup(inputs, output, exclude, keep, ' '.join(rsync_options), ssh_host, ssh_user, ssh_keyfile,
                     remote_sudo, remove_before=args.remove_before_backup, verbose=args.verbose,
-                    progress=not args.no_progress and sys.stderr.isatty())
+                    progress=progress, file_estimate=_last_file_count(user) if progress else 0)
 
     try:
         return_code = backup.check_params(homedir)
@@ -1273,7 +1318,7 @@ def simple_backup() -> int:
         return_code = backup.run()
 
         if return_code == 0:
-            _write_state(user, backup.destination)
+            _write_state(user, backup.destination, backup.file_count)
 
         return return_code
     finally:

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ class FakeBackup:
     def __init__(self, inputs: Any, output: Any, exclude: Any, keep: Any, options: str,
                  ssh_host: str | None = None, ssh_user: str | None = None,
                  ssh_keyfile: str | None = None, remote_sudo: bool = False,
-                 remove_before: bool = False, verbose: bool = False, progress: bool = False) -> None:
+                 remove_before: bool = False, verbose: bool = False, progress: bool = False,
+                 file_estimate: int = 0) -> None:
         self.inputs = inputs
         self.output = output
         self.exclude = exclude
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ class FakeBackup:
         self.remove_before = remove_before
         self.verbose = verbose
         self.progress = progress
+        self.file_estimate = file_estimate
+        self.file_count: int | None = None
         self.homedir: str | None = None
         self.ran = False
         self.closed = False
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ def as_root(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(os, 'geteuid', lambda: 0)
     # Writing the state file as root would call seteuid() (covered in test_state.py)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(sb, '_write_state', lambda user, destination: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sb, '_write_state', lambda user, destination, file_count=None: None)
 
     for var in ['SUDO_USER', 'SUDO_UID', 'DOAS_USER']:
         monkeypatch.delenv(var, raising=False)
@@ -266,6 +269,17 @@ ssh_keyfile=/keys/id
         assert run_cli('-c', config('backup_dir=/backups'), *argv) == 0
         assert last_backup().progress is progress
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('tty, estimate', [(True, 1234), (False, 0)])
+    def test_file_estimate(self, run_cli: RunCli, config: Callable[[str], str], monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+                           tmp_path: Path, tty: bool, estimate: int) -> None:
+        monkeypatch.setattr(sb.sys.stderr, 'isatty', lambda: tty)
+        state = tmp_path / 'state' / 'simple_backup' / 'last_backup'
+        state.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+        state.write_text('2026-10-25T10:00:00+02:00\n/backups/old\n1234\n')
+
+        assert run_cli('-c', config('backup_dir=/backups')) == 0
+        assert last_backup().file_estimate == estimate
+
     def test_check_params_failure(self, run_cli: RunCli, config: Callable[[str], str]) -> None:
         FakeBackup.check_code = 2
 

tests/test_local.py

@@ -207,6 +207,19 @@ class TestRsync:
         assert 'rsync: total size' in caplog.text
         assert '%' not in caplog.text
 
+    def test_file_count(self, src: Path, out: Path) -> None:
+        backup = make_backup(out, [str(src)], progress=True)
+
+        assert backup.run() == 0
+        # The source folder, its two files and the implied parent folders
+        assert backup.file_count is not None and backup.file_count >= 3
+
+    def test_no_file_count_without_progress(self, src: Path, out: Path) -> None:
+        backup = make_backup(out, [str(src)])
+
+        assert backup.run() == 0
+        assert backup.file_count is None
+
     def test_cli(self, src: Path, out: Path, tmp_path: Path, run_cli: Callable[..., int]) -> None:
         config_file = str(tmp_path / 'missing.conf')
 
@@ -280,6 +293,30 @@ class TestProgressBar:
         assert bar.update('          3.00M   2%    1.47MB/s    0:00:03')
         assert capsys.readouterr().err.endswith(']   50%  2/4 files  3.00M copied  ETA 0:00:30\033[K')
 
+    def test_estimate_while_scanning(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+                                     capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
+        monkeypatch.setattr(sb, 'get_terminal_size', lambda: os.terminal_size((100, 24)))
+        bar = sb._ProgressBar(estimate=4000)
+
+        assert bar.update('          2.00M  25%    1.47MB/s    0:00:02 (xfr#1, ir-chk=1000/2000)')
+        assert bar.total is None
+        assert capsys.readouterr().err == \
+            '\r[#######-----------------------]  ~25%  1,000/~4,000 files  2.00M copied  ETA ~0:01:30\033[K'
+
+    def test_estimate_exceeded(self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
+        bar = sb._ProgressBar(estimate=1000)
+
+        # More files than in the last backup: back to plain scanning
+        assert bar.update('          2.00M  25%    1.47MB/s    0:00:02 (xfr#1, ir-chk=500/2000)')
+        assert capsys.readouterr().err == '\r1,500 files checked  2.00M copied  (scanning)\033[K'
+
+    def test_real_total_replaces_estimate(self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
+        bar = sb._ProgressBar(estimate=4000)
+
+        assert bar.update('      4,000,000   1%    2.97MB/s    0:00:01 (xfr#2, to-chk=1/4)')
+        assert bar.total == 4
+        assert '  75%  3/4 files' in capsys.readouterr().err
+
     def test_not_progress(self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
         bar = sb._ProgressBar()
 

tests/test_state.py

@@ -49,6 +49,29 @@ def test_overwrite(state: Path) -> None:
     assert state.read_text().splitlines()[1] == DESTINATION
 
 
+def test_file_count(state: Path) -> None:
+    sb._write_state(None, DESTINATION, 1234)
+
+    assert state.read_text().splitlines()[2] == '1234'
+    assert sb._last_file_count(None) == 1234
+
+
+def test_file_count_kept_when_unknown(state: Path) -> None:
+    write_state(state, '2026-10-01T10:00:00+02:00\n/old\n1234\n')
+
+    sb._write_state(None, DESTINATION)
+
+    assert state.read_text().splitlines()[1:] == [DESTINATION, '1234']
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('text', [None, '2026-10-01T10:00:00+02:00\n/old\n', '2026-10-01T10:00:00+02:00\n/old\nx\n'])
+def test_no_file_count(state: Path, text: str | None) -> None:
+    if text is not None:
+        write_state(state, text)
+
+    assert sb._last_file_count(None) == 0
+
+
 def test_relative_xdg_state_home_ignored(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     monkeypatch.setenv('XDG_STATE_HOME', 'relative')
     monkeypatch.setenv('HOME', str(tmp_path / 'home'))