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simple_backup/simple_backup/simple_backup.py
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Fuxino 6d54019a18 Save the last successful backup and add --last-backup
Write the completion time and backup directory to
$XDG_STATE_HOME/simple_backup/last_backup after each successful backup
(as the target user when run as root), for status bar reminders.
--last-backup prints it.
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
A simple python script that calls rsync to perform a backup
Parameters can be specified on the command line or using a configuration file
Backup to a remote server is also supported (experimental)
Classes:
MyFormatter
Backup
"""
# Avoid evaluating annotations at definition time, as they reference optional modules (paramiko)
from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import configparser
import io
import logging
import os
import pwd
import re
import shlex
import sys
import warnings
from collections import deque
from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator
from datetime import datetime
from functools import wraps
from getpass import GetPassWarning, getpass
from glob import glob
from logging import StreamHandler
from shutil import get_terminal_size, rmtree, which
from subprocess import PIPE, STDOUT, Popen
from tempfile import mkstemp
from timeit import default_timer
from typing import Any, ParamSpec, TypedDict, TypeVar
try:
import paramiko
except ImportError:
pass
try:
from systemd import journal
except ImportError:
journal = None
try:
import dbus
except ImportError:
dbus = None
logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
logger = logging.getLogger(os.path.basename(__file__))
c_handler = StreamHandler()
c_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
c_format = logging.Formatter('%(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
c_handler.setFormatter(c_format)
logger.addHandler(c_handler)
if journal:
j_handler = journal.JournalHandler()
j_handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
j_format = logging.Formatter('%(levelname)s - %(message)s')
j_handler.setFormatter(j_format)
logger.addHandler(j_handler)
P = ParamSpec('P')
R = TypeVar('R')
# Seconds to wait for the TCP connection to the SSH server
SSH_TIMEOUT = 15
# An rsync --info=progress2 update: size, percent, speed, time, then optionally (xfr#N, ir-chk/to-chk=N/N)
PROGRESS_RE = re.compile(r'\s*(\S+)\s+\d+%\s+\S+\s+\d+:\d\d:\d\d(?:\s+\(xfr#\d+, (ir|to)-chk=(\d+)/(\d+)\))?\s*')
PROGRESS_BAR_WIDTH = 30
def timing(func: Callable[P, R]) -> Callable[P, R]:
"""Decorator to measure execution time of a function
Parameters:
func: Function to decorate
"""
@wraps(func)
def wrapper(*args: P.args, **kwargs: P.kwargs) -> R:
start = default_timer()
value = func(*args, **kwargs)
end = default_timer()
logger.info('Elapsed time: %.3f seconds', end - start)
return value
return wrapper
class MyFormatter(argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter, argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter):
"""Custom format for argparse help text"""
class _ProgressBar:
"""Draws rsync --info=progress2 updates as a bar on stderr"""
def __init__(self) -> 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
self._shown = False
def update(self, record: str) -> bool:
"""Draw the bar if record is a progress update, and return whether it was"""
m = PROGRESS_RE.fullmatch(record)
if m is None:
return False
size, chk = m.group(1), m.group(2)
# Records in the middle of a file have no counts, so keep the last ones
if chk is not None:
self._scanning = chk == 'ir'
self._total = int(m.group(4))
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:
text = f'{self._checked:,} files checked {size} copied (scanning)'
percent = None
else:
percent = self._checked * 100 // self._total
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 {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
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}'
sys.stderr.write(f'\r{text[:width]}\033[K')
sys.stderr.flush()
self._shown = True
return True
def clear(self) -> None:
"""Remove the bar, so that log messages start on a clean line"""
if self._shown:
sys.stderr.write('\r\033[K')
sys.stderr.flush()
class Backup:
"""Main class defining parameters and functions for performing backup
Attributes:
inputs: list
Files and folders that will be backup up
output: str
Path where the backup will be saved
exclude: list
List of files/folders/patterns to exclude from backup
options: str
String representing main backup options for rsync
keep: int
Number of old backup to preserve
ssh_host: str
Hostname of server (for remote backup)
ssh_user: str
Username for server login (for remote backup)
ssh_keyfile: str
Location of ssh key
remote_sudo: bool
Run remote rsync with sudo
remove_before: bool
Indicate if removing old backups will be performed before copying files
progress: bool
Show a progress bar while rsync runs
Methods:
check_params():
Check if parameters for the backup are valid
define_backup_dir():
Define the actual backup dir
remove_old_backups():
Remove old backups if there are more than indicated by 'keep'
find_last_backup():
Get path of last backup (from last_backup symlink) for rsync --link-dest
run():
Perform the backup
"""
def __init__(self, inputs: list[str] | None, output: str | None, exclude: list[str] | None,
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:
# 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 ''
self.exclude = exclude if exclude is not None else []
self.options = options
self.keep = keep if keep is not None else -1
self.ssh_host = ssh_host
self.ssh_user = ssh_user
self.ssh_keyfile = ssh_keyfile
self.remote_sudo = remote_sudo
self._remove_before = remove_before
self._verbose = verbose
self._progress = progress
self._last_backup = ''
self._server = ''
self._output_dir = ''
self._inputs_path = ''
self._exclude_path = ''
self._remote = False
self._ssh: paramiko.client.SSHClient | None = None
# Passed to sshpass through rsync's environment only
self._password: str | None = None
self._removed_count = 0
def check_params(self, homedir: str = '') -> int:
"""Check if parameters for the backup are valid"""
if len(self.inputs) == 0:
logger.info(
'No existing files or directories specified for backup. Nothing to do')
return 1
if self.output == '':
logger.critical(
'No output path specified. Use -o argument or specify output path in configuration file')
return 2
if self.ssh_host is not None and self.ssh_user is not None:
self._remote = True
if self._remote:
try:
self._ssh = self._ssh_connect(homedir)
except OSError as e:
# Unknown hostname, connection refused, unreachable host or timeout
logger.critical('Can\'t connect to the server %s', self.ssh_host)
logger.critical(e)
return 5
if self._ssh is None:
return 5
output = self._resolve_remote_path(self.output)
if output is None:
logger.critical('Output path for backup does not exist')
return 2
self.output = output
else:
if not os.path.isdir(self.output):
logger.critical('Output path for backup does not exist')
return 2
self.output = os.path.abspath(self.output)
return 0
def _resolve_remote_path(self, path: str) -> str | None:
"""Return the absolute path of a directory on the server, or None if it doesn't exist"""
assert self._ssh is not None
# Leave a leading '~' unquoted, so that the server's shell expands it to the remote home.
# Relative paths are resolved from the remote home, where the command starts
if path == '~' or path.startswith('~/'):
target = f'~/{shlex.quote(path[2:])}'
else:
target = shlex.quote(path)
_, stdout, _ = self._ssh.exec_command(f'cd -- {target} && pwd')
output = stdout.read().decode('utf-8').strip().split('\n')[-1]
if not output.startswith('/'):
return None
return output
# Function to create the actual backup directory
def define_backup_dir(self) -> None:
"""Define the actual backup dir"""
# Avoid ':', which is not allowed on FAT/exFAT filesystems.
# Backups created with the old format ('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') still sort correctly
now = datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')
self._output_dir = f'{self.output}/simple_backup/{now}'
if self._remote:
self._server = f'{self.ssh_user}@{self.ssh_host}:'
@property
def destination(self) -> str:
"""The current backup directory, prefixed with 'user@host:' for remote backups"""
return f'{self._server}{self._output_dir}'
def remove_old_backups(self) -> None:
"""Remove old backups if there are more than indicated by 'keep'"""
dirs = self._list_backups()
if dirs is None:
return
n_backup = len(dirs)
# The new backup is already in the list, unless old ones are removed before it
if not self._remove_before:
n_backup -= 1
count = 0
if n_backup > self.keep:
logger.info('Removing old backups...')
dirs.sort()
n_remove = n_backup - self.keep
for i in range(n_remove):
logger.info('Removing backup %s (%d/%d)...', dirs[i], i + 1, n_remove)
if self._remove_backup(dirs[i]):
count += 1
self._removed_count = count
if count == 1:
logger.info('Removed %d backup', count)
elif count > 1:
logger.info('Removed %d backups', count)
def _list_backups(self) -> list[str] | None:
"""Names of the backup directories, or None if they can't be listed (then nothing is removed)"""
if self._remote:
assert self._ssh is not None
backup_dir = shlex.quote(self.output + '/simple_backup/')
# List only directories, and nothing (without errors) if no backup was made yet
_, stdout, stderr = self._ssh.exec_command(
f'if [ -d {backup_dir} ]; then find {backup_dir} -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d; fi')
output = stdout.read().decode('utf-8')
err = stderr.read().decode('utf-8').strip()
if err != '':
# Don't risk removing the wrong directories if the list may be incomplete
logger.error('Cannot list old backups on the server. Old backups will not be removed')
logger.error(err)
return None
return [os.path.basename(d) for d in output.split('\n') if d != '']
try:
# Only count directories, so that stray files don't count as backups
return [f.name for f in os.scandir(f'{self.output}/simple_backup') if f.is_dir(follow_symlinks=False)]
except FileNotFoundError:
return None
except PermissionError:
logger.error('Cannot list old backups. Permission denied. Old backups will not be removed')
return None
def _remove_backup(self, name: str) -> bool:
"""Remove one backup directory; errors are logged"""
path = f'{self.output}/simple_backup/{name}'
if self._remote:
assert self._ssh is not None
sudo = 'sudo ' if self.remote_sudo else ''
_, _, stderr = self._ssh.exec_command(f'{sudo}rm -r {shlex.quote(path)}')
err = stderr.read().decode('utf-8').strip().split('\n')[0]
if err != '':
logger.error('Error while removing backup %s.', name)
logger.error(err)
return False
return True
try:
rmtree(path)
return True
except FileNotFoundError:
logger.error('Error while removing backup %s. Directory not found', name)
except PermissionError:
logger.error('Error while removing backup %s. Permission denied', name)
except OSError as e:
# E.g. read-only filesystem or device busy
logger.error('Error while removing backup %s. %s', name, e.strerror or e)
return False
def find_last_backup(self) -> None:
"""Get path of last backup (from last_backup symlink) for rsync --link-dest"""
if self._remote:
if self._ssh is None:
logger.critical('SSH connection to server failed')
sys.exit(5)
_, stdout, _ = self._ssh.exec_command(
f'find {shlex.quote(self.output + "/simple_backup/")} -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | sort')
output = stdout.read().decode('utf-8').strip().split('\n')
if output[-1] != '':
self._last_backup = output[-1]
else:
logger.info('No previous backups available')
else:
try:
dirs = sorted([f.path for f in os.scandir(
f'{self.output}/simple_backup') if f.is_dir(follow_symlinks=False)])
except FileNotFoundError:
logger.info('No previous backups available')
return
except PermissionError:
logger.critical(
'Cannot access the backup directory. Permission denied')
_notify('Backup failed (check log for details)')
sys.exit(3)
try:
self._last_backup = dirs[-1]
except IndexError:
logger.info('No previous backups available')
def _ssh_connect(self, homedir: str = '') -> paramiko.client.SSHClient | None:
try:
ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
except NameError:
logger.error('Install paramiko for ssh support')
return None
connected = None
try:
connected = self._ssh_login(ssh, homedir)
return connected
finally:
# Don't leave a half-open connection (e.g. after failed authentication)
if connected is None:
ssh.close()
def _ssh_config(self, homedir: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""connect() arguments for ssh_host from ~/.ssh/config (HostName, Port, IdentityFile), as rsync's ssh uses it"""
assert self.ssh_host is not None
params: dict[str, Any] = {'hostname': self.ssh_host}
try:
host = paramiko.SSHConfig.from_path(f'{homedir}/.ssh/config').lookup(self.ssh_host)
params['hostname'] = host['hostname']
if 'port' in host:
params['port'] = int(host['port'])
except FileNotFoundError:
return params
except (OSError, paramiko.SSHException, ImportError, ValueError) as e:
# ImportError: 'Match exec' needs the invoke module
logger.warning('Cannot read %s/.ssh/config: %s', homedir, e)
return {'hostname': self.ssh_host}
# Like ssh, skip identity files that don't exist
keys = [k for k in host.get('identityfile', []) if os.path.isfile(k)]
if keys:
params['key_filename'] = keys
return params
def _ssh_login(self, ssh: paramiko.client.SSHClient, homedir: str) -> paramiko.client.SSHClient | None:
try:
ssh.load_host_keys(filename=f'{homedir}/.ssh/known_hosts')
except FileNotFoundError:
logger.warning('Cannot find file %s/.ssh/known_hosts', homedir)
ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.WarningPolicy())
host = self._ssh_config(homedir)
try:
# WarningPolicy emits a UserWarning for unknown host keys
with warnings.catch_warnings():
warnings.simplefilter('error', UserWarning)
ssh.connect(**host, username=self.ssh_user, timeout=SSH_TIMEOUT)
return ssh
except UserWarning:
try:
k = input(
f'Unknown key for host {self.ssh_host}. Continue anyway? (Y/N) ')
except EOFError:
# No terminal available (e.g. cron or systemd)
k = ''
if k.strip().upper().startswith('Y'):
ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
else:
logger.critical('Unknown host key for %s. Connection aborted', self.ssh_host)
return None
except paramiko.BadHostKeyException as e:
logger.critical('Can\'t connect to the server.')
logger.critical(e)
return None
except paramiko.SSHException:
pass
try:
ssh.connect(**host, username=self.ssh_user, timeout=SSH_TIMEOUT)
return ssh
except paramiko.SSHException:
pass
if self.ssh_keyfile is None:
try:
# Fail instead of reading the password with echo if no terminal is available
with warnings.catch_warnings():
warnings.simplefilter('error', GetPassWarning)
password = getpass(
f'{self.ssh_user}@{self.ssh_host}\'s password: ')
ssh.connect(**host, username=self.ssh_user, timeout=SSH_TIMEOUT, password=password)
self._password = password
return ssh
except GetPassWarning as e:
logger.critical('Unable to get password')
logger.critical(e)
return None
except paramiko.SSHException as e:
logger.critical('Can\'t connect to the server.')
logger.critical(e)
return None
pkey = self._load_ssh_key()
if pkey is None:
return None
try:
ssh.connect(**host, username=self.ssh_user, timeout=SSH_TIMEOUT, pkey=pkey)
except paramiko.SSHException:
logger.critical('SSH connection to server failed')
return None
return ssh
def _load_ssh_key(self) -> paramiko.PKey | None:
try:
return paramiko.PKey.from_path(self.ssh_keyfile)
except TypeError:
# Raised when the key is encrypted and no passphrase was given
pass
except (OSError, ValueError, paramiko.UnknownKeyType) as e:
logger.critical('Unable to load SSH key %s', self.ssh_keyfile)
logger.critical(e)
return None
try:
# Fail instead of reading the passphrase with echo if no terminal is available
with warnings.catch_warnings():
warnings.simplefilter('error', GetPassWarning)
passphrase = getpass(
f'Enter passphrase for key \'{self.ssh_keyfile}\': ')
except GetPassWarning as e:
logger.critical('Unable to get passphrase')
logger.critical(e)
return None
try:
return paramiko.PKey.from_path(self.ssh_keyfile, passphrase.encode())
except (ValueError, paramiko.SSHException):
logger.critical('Unable to load SSH key %s, wrong passphrase?', self.ssh_keyfile)
return None
def _returncode_log(self, returncode: int) -> None:
match returncode:
case 2:
logger.error(
'Rsync error (return code 2) - Protocol incompatibility')
case 3:
logger.error(
'Rsync error (return code 3) - Errors selecting input/output files, dirs')
case 4:
logger.error(
'Rsync error (return code 4) - Requested action not supported')
case 5:
logger.error(
'Rsync error (return code 5) - Error starting client-server protocol')
case 10:
logger.error(
'Rsync error (return code 10) - Error in socket I/O')
case 11:
logger.error(
'Rsync error (return code 11) - Error in file I/O')
case 12:
logger.error(
'Rsync error (return code 12) - Error in rsync protocol data stream')
case 22:
logger.error(
'Rsync error (return code 22) - Error allocating core memory buffers')
case 23:
logger.warning(
'Rsync error (return code 23) - Partial transfer due to error')
case 24:
logger.warning(
'Rsync warning (return code 24) - Some source files vanished during the transfer')
case 30:
logger.error(
'Rsync error (return code 30) - Timeout in data send/receive')
case 35:
logger.error(
'Rsync error (return code 35) - Timeout waiting for daemon connection')
case _:
logger.error(
'Rsync error (return code %d) - Check rsync(1) for details', returncode)
# Function to read configuration file
@timing
def run(self) -> int:
"""Perform the backup"""
try:
return self._run()
finally:
self._remove_temp_files()
def close(self) -> None:
"""Close the SSH connection, if open"""
if self._ssh is not None:
self._ssh.close()
self._ssh = None
def _remove_temp_files(self) -> None:
for path in [self._inputs_path, self._exclude_path]:
if path != '':
try:
os.remove(path)
except FileNotFoundError:
pass
def _run(self) -> int:
logger.info('Starting backup...')
_notify('Starting backup...')
# Check before anything is removed (--remove-before-backup)
rsync = which('rsync')
if rsync is None:
logger.critical('rsync not found. Install rsync to perform the backup')
_notify('Backup failed (check log for details)')
return 4
self.define_backup_dir()
fd, self._inputs_path = mkstemp(prefix='tmp_inputs', text=True)
count = 0
with os.fdopen(fd, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fp:
for i in self.inputs:
if not os.path.exists(i):
logger.warning('Input %s not found. Skipping', i)
else:
# rsync reads --files-from paths relative to the source ('/')
fp.write(os.path.abspath(i))
fp.write('\n')
count += 1
if count == 0:
logger.info(
'No existing files or directories specified for backup. Nothing to do')
_notify('Backup finished. No files copied')
return 1
fd, self._exclude_path = mkstemp(prefix='tmp_exclude', text=True)
with os.fdopen(fd, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fp:
for e in self.exclude:
fp.write(e)
fp.write('\n')
if self.keep != -1 and self._remove_before:
self.remove_old_backups()
# Only look for the last backup now, as it may have been removed above
self.find_last_backup()
logger.info('Copying files. This may take a long time...')
# Build the argument list directly, so paths with spaces or quotes are passed unchanged
args = [rsync, *self.options.split()]
if self._last_backup != '':
args.append(f'--link-dest={self._last_backup}')
args.extend([f'--exclude-from={self._exclude_path}', f'--files-from={self._inputs_path}',
'/', f'{self._server}{self._output_dir}'])
# None inherits our environment
env: dict[str, str] | None = None
# rsync splits the -e command itself, so quote the parts that may contain spaces
if self.ssh_keyfile is not None:
ssh = f'ssh -i {shlex.quote(self.ssh_keyfile)} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new'
elif self._password is not None and self.ssh_user is not None and which('sshpass'):
ssh = f'sshpass -e ssh -l {shlex.quote(self.ssh_user)} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new'
env = {**os.environ, 'SSHPASS': self._password}
else:
ssh = 'ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new'
args.extend(['-e', ssh])
if self._remote and self.remote_sudo:
args.append('--rsync-path=sudo rsync')
bar = None
if self._progress:
args.append('--info=progress2')
bar = _ProgressBar()
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)
p.stdin.close()
# Without -v, only the summary (the last two lines) is logged
output: list[str] | deque[str] = [] if self._verbose else deque(maxlen=2)
try:
for r in _read_records(p.stdout):
if r != '' and (bar is None or not bar.update(r)):
output.append(r)
finally:
if bar is not None:
bar.clear()
returncode = p.wait()
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:
logger.info('rsync: %s', r)
else:
self._returncode_log(returncode)
if self._verbose:
level = logging.WARNING if returncode in [23, 24] else logging.ERROR
for r in output:
logger.log(level, 'rsync: %s', r)
if self._removed_count > 0 and returncode not in [0, 24]:
# With --remove-before-backup, old backups are already gone if the new one failed
if self.keep == 0:
message = 'All old backups were removed before the backup, and the new backup may be ' +\
'incomplete. No complete backup is available'
else:
message = 'Old backups were removed before the backup, and the new backup may be incomplete'
logger.error(message)
_notify(message)
if self.keep != -1 and not self._remove_before:
# Don't delete old backups if the new one may be incomplete
if returncode in [0, 24]:
self.remove_old_backups()
else:
logger.warning('Backup not completed successfully. Old backups will not be removed')
# Files vanishing during the transfer is normal for a live system (return code 24)
if returncode not in [0, 24]:
logger.error(
'Some errors occurred while performing the backup')
_notify(
'Some errors occurred while performing the backup. Check log for details')
return 4
logger.info('Backup completed')
_notify('Backup completed')
return 0
def _read_records(stream: io.BufferedIOBase) -> Iterator[str]:
"""Yield rsync output as it arrives, split on '\\n' and '\\r' (which ends progress updates)"""
buffer = b''
while chunk := stream.read1(65536):
*records, buffer = re.split(rb'[\r\n]', buffer + chunk)
for r in records:
yield r.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
if buffer != b'':
yield buffer.decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
def _detect_user() -> str | None:
if os.geteuid() == 0:
return os.getenv('SUDO_USER') or os.getenv('DOAS_USER')
return os.getenv('USER')
def _parse_arguments() -> argparse.Namespace:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='simple_backup',
description='Simple backup script written in Python that uses rsync to copy files',
epilog='See simple_backup(1) manpage for full documentation',
formatter_class=MyFormatter)
parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true',
help='More verbose output')
parser.add_argument('-c', '--config', default='~/.config/simple_backup/simple_backup.conf',
help='Specify location of configuration file')
parser.add_argument('-i', '--inputs', nargs='+',
help='Paths/files to backup')
parser.add_argument(
'-o', '--output', help='Output directory for the backup')
parser.add_argument('-e', '--exclude', nargs='+',
help='Files/directories/patterns to exclude from the backup')
parser.add_argument('-k', '--keep', type=int,
help='Number of old backups to keep')
parser.add_argument(
'-u', '--user', help='Explicitly specify the user running the backup')
parser.add_argument('-s', '--checksum', action='store_true',
help='Use checksum rsync option to compare files')
parser.add_argument(
'--ssh-host', help='Server hostname (for remote backup)')
parser.add_argument(
'--ssh-user', help='Username to connect to server (for remote backup)')
parser.add_argument('--keyfile', help='SSH key location')
parser.add_argument('-z', '--compress', action='store_true',
help='Compress data during the transfer')
parser.add_argument('--remove-before-backup', action='store_true',
help='Remove old backups before executing the backup, instead of after')
parser.add_argument('--no-syslog', action='store_true',
help='Disable systemd journal logging')
parser.add_argument('--no-progress', action='store_true',
help='Don\'t show a progress bar (it is only shown on a terminal)')
parser.add_argument('--rsync-options', nargs='+',
choices=['a', 'l', 'p', 't', 'g', 'o',
'c', 'h', 's', 'D', 'H', 'X'],
help='Specify options for rsync')
parser.add_argument('--remote-sudo', action='store_true',
help='Run rsync on remote server with sudo if allowed')
parser.add_argument('--numeric-ids', action='store_true',
help='Use rsync \'--numeric-ids\' option (don\'t map uid/gid values by name)')
parser.add_argument('--last-backup', action='store_true',
help='Show when the last successful backup was made and exit')
args = parser.parse_args()
return args
def _expand_home(path: str, user: str) -> str:
"""Expand a leading '~' to the home directory of user (other '~' are left as they are)"""
if path == '~' or path.startswith('~/'):
path = f'~{user}{path[1:]}'
return os.path.expanduser(path)
def _expand_inputs(inputs: list[str], user: str | None = None) -> list[str]:
expanded_inputs: list[str] = []
for i in inputs:
if i == '':
continue
if user is not None:
path = _expand_home(i, user)
else:
path = i
if i.startswith('~'):
logger.warning('Cannot expand \'~\'. No user specified')
# An existing path is used as is, so names with glob characters (e.g. 'Photos [2020]') still work
i_ex = [path] if os.path.lexists(path) else glob(path)
if len(i_ex) == 0:
logger.warning(
'No file or directory matching input %s. Skipping...', i)
else:
expanded_inputs.extend(i_ex)
return expanded_inputs
class ConfigArgs(TypedDict):
"""Values read from the configuration file"""
inputs: list[str] | None
output: str | None
exclude: list[str] | None
keep: int
ssh_host: str | None
ssh_user: str | None
ssh_keyfile: str | None
remote_sudo: bool
numeric_ids: bool
def _get_bool(config: configparser.ConfigParser, key: str) -> bool:
# Empty values (as in the example config) count as false
if config.get('server', key, fallback='').strip() == '':
return False
return config.getboolean('server', key)
def _read_config(config_file: str, user: str | None = None) -> ConfigArgs:
config_args: ConfigArgs = {'inputs': None,
'output': None,
'exclude': None,
'keep': -1,
'ssh_host': None,
'ssh_user': None,
'ssh_keyfile': None,
'remote_sudo': False,
'numeric_ids': False}
if not os.path.isfile(config_file):
if user is not None:
logger.warning('Config file %s does not exist', config_file)
else:
logger.warning(
'User not specified. Can\'t read configuration file')
return config_args
# Disable interpolation, so that '%' can be used in paths and patterns
config = configparser.ConfigParser(interpolation=None)
config.read(config_file)
# Allow compatibility with previous version of config file
if config.has_section('backup'):
section = 'backup'
elif config.has_section('default'):
section = 'default'
else:
raise configparser.NoSectionError('backup')
# inputs and backup_dir are optional, since -i and -o can give them. Missing ones are reported by check_params()
inputs = config.get(section, 'inputs', fallback=None)
if inputs is not None:
config_args['inputs'] = list(set(_expand_inputs([i.strip() for i in inputs.split(',')], user)))
# '~' is expanded later, since for remote backups it refers to the home on the server
config_args['output'] = config.get(section, 'backup_dir', fallback=None)
exclude = config.get(section, 'exclude', fallback='')
config_args['exclude'] = [e.strip() for e in exclude.split(',') if e.strip() != '']
config_args['keep'] = config.getint(section, 'keep', fallback=-1)
# Read host and user separately, so that a missing one is reported instead of silently
# disabling remote backup. Empty values count as not set
config_args['ssh_host'] = config.get('server', 'ssh_host', fallback='').strip() or None
config_args['ssh_user'] = config.get('server', 'ssh_user', fallback='').strip() or None
config_args['ssh_keyfile'] = config.get('server', 'ssh_keyfile', fallback='').strip() or None
config_args['remote_sudo'] = _get_bool(config, 'remote_sudo')
config_args['numeric_ids'] = _get_bool(config, 'numeric_ids')
return config_args
def _target_uid() -> int | None:
euid = os.geteuid()
if euid != 0:
return euid
if (val := os.getenv('SUDO_UID')) is not None:
return int(val)
if (name := os.getenv('DOAS_USER')) is not None:
try:
return pwd.getpwnam(name).pw_uid
except KeyError:
return None
return None
_notify_failed = False
def _notify(text: str) -> None:
global _notify_failed
if dbus is None or _notify_failed:
return
euid = os.geteuid()
uid = _target_uid()
if uid is None:
logger.debug('Cannot send desktop notification: user not found')
return
os.seteuid(uid)
try:
os.environ['DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS'] = f'unix:path=/run/user/{uid}/bus'
obj = dbus.SessionBus().get_object('org.freedesktop.Notifications',
'/org/freedesktop/Notifications')
obj = dbus.Interface(obj, 'org.freedesktop.Notifications')
obj.Notify('simple_backup', 0, '', 'simple_backup', text, [], {'urgency': dbus.Byte(1)}, 10000)
except Exception as e:
# Report the failure only once (e.g. no session bus available), then stop trying
_notify_failed = True
logger.warning('Cannot send desktop notification: %s', e)
finally:
os.seteuid(euid)
def _state_owner(user: str | None) -> pwd.struct_passwd | None:
"""The user whose state file is used when running as root on their behalf (sudo, doas, -u)"""
if os.geteuid() != 0 or user is None:
return None
try:
owner = pwd.getpwnam(user)
except KeyError:
return None
return owner if owner.pw_uid != 0 else None
def _state_file(owner: pwd.struct_passwd | None) -> str:
if owner is not None:
# XDG_STATE_HOME belongs to root here
base = os.path.join(owner.pw_dir, '.local', 'state')
else:
base = os.getenv('XDG_STATE_HOME', '')
# The XDG spec says to ignore relative paths
if not os.path.isabs(base):
base = os.path.expanduser('~/.local/state')
return os.path.join(base, 'simple_backup', 'last_backup')
def _write_state(user: str | None, destination: str) -> None:
"""Record the time and directory of the last successful backup (two lines)"""
owner = _state_owner(user)
path = _state_file(owner)
tmp = ''
euid, egid = os.geteuid(), os.getegid()
# Create the file (and any missing directories) as the user, not root
if owner is not None:
os.setegid(owner.pw_gid)
os.seteuid(owner.pw_uid)
try:
os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path), exist_ok=True)
# Replace the file in one step, so readers (e.g. status bar scripts) never see it half written
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')
os.replace(tmp, path)
except OSError as e:
logger.warning('Cannot save the time of the last backup to %s: %s', path, e)
if tmp != '':
try:
os.remove(tmp)
except OSError:
pass
finally:
if owner is not None:
os.seteuid(euid)
os.setegid(egid)
def _show_last_backup(user: str | None) -> int:
path = _state_file(_state_owner(user))
try:
with open(path, encoding='utf-8') as fp:
time, destination = fp.read().splitlines()[:2]
completed = datetime.fromisoformat(time).astimezone()
except FileNotFoundError:
print('No backup recorded yet')
return 1
except (OSError, ValueError) as e:
print(f'Cannot read {path}: {e}', file=sys.stderr)
return 1
days = (datetime.now().astimezone().date() - completed.date()).days
if days == 0:
age = 'today'
elif days == 1:
age = 'yesterday'
else:
age = f'{days} days ago'
print(f'Last backup: {completed:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M} ({age})')
print(f'Directory: {destination}')
return 0
def simple_backup() -> int:
"""Main"""
args = _parse_arguments()
user: str | None = args.user or _detect_user()
if args.last_backup:
return _show_last_backup(user)
if not args.user and os.geteuid() != 0:
homedir = os.getenv('HOME', '')
elif user is not None:
homedir = _expand_home('~', user)
else:
logger.warning('Failed to detect user. You can use -u/--user parameter to manually specify it')
homedir = ''
if args.no_syslog:
try:
logger.removeHandler(j_handler)
except NameError:
pass
# Expand '~' to the home of the user running the backup, not root's
config_file = _expand_home(args.config, user) if user is not None else os.path.expanduser(args.config)
try:
config_args = _read_config(config_file, user)
except (configparser.Error, ValueError) as e:
# configparser.Error: missing sections/options or bad syntax, ValueError: invalid values (e.g. keep=abc)
logger.critical('Bad configuration file: %s', e)
return 6
inputs = args.inputs if args.inputs is not None else config_args['inputs']
exclude = args.exclude if args.exclude is not None else config_args['exclude']
keep = args.keep if args.keep is not None else config_args['keep']
ssh_host = args.ssh_host if args.ssh_host is not None else config_args['ssh_host']
ssh_user = args.ssh_user if args.ssh_user is not None else config_args['ssh_user']
if keep < -1:
logger.critical('Invalid number of backups to keep: %d (use -1 to keep all)', keep)
return 6
if (ssh_host is None) != (ssh_user is None):
logger.critical('Both SSH host and SSH user are needed for remote backup')
return 6
if args.output is not None:
output = args.output
else:
output = config_args['output']
# For remote backups, '~' is expanded on the server
remote = ssh_host is not None and ssh_user is not None
if output is not None and not remote:
if user is not None:
output = _expand_home(output, user)
elif output.startswith('~'):
logger.warning('Cannot expand \'~\', no user specified')
ssh_keyfile = args.keyfile if args.keyfile is not None else config_args['ssh_keyfile']
remote_sudo = args.remote_sudo or config_args['remote_sudo']
# Options needed in any case (--mkpath creates the backup directory on the first run)
rsync_options = ['-r', '-v', '--ignore-missing-args', '--mkpath']
if args.rsync_options is None:
rsync_options.extend(['-a', '-h', '-H', '-X', '-s'])
else:
for ro in args.rsync_options:
rsync_options.append(f'-{ro}')
if args.checksum:
rsync_options.append('-c')
if args.compress:
rsync_options.append('-z')
if args.numeric_ids or config_args['numeric_ids']:
rsync_options.append('--numeric-ids')
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())
try:
return_code = backup.check_params(homedir)
if return_code != 0:
return return_code
return_code = backup.run()
if return_code == 0:
_write_state(user, backup.destination)
return return_code
finally:
backup.close()
if __name__ == '__main__':
sys.exit(simple_backup())