PiBackupSD

A little script to backup a sd card with a progressbar. Creates an image file with date and given name.

Requirements

Please install the following packages:

• pv - for showing progress bar
• dd - for generating image file
• lsblk - grep filesize of inserted sd card
• gzip - for compressing image file

Instructions

1. Edit CARDSLOTNAME and OUTPUTPATH in backup_sd.sh to your needs.
2. Copy file to .local/bin/
3. Run backup_sd.sh in your terminal
4. Script will ask for filename and writes the image file to desired OUTPUTPATH

Restoring an image back to sd card

Restore can be done with the following command. Replace image.gz with the file name of your image: gzip -dc image.gz | sudo dd bs=4M of=/dev/$CARDSLOTNAME