SBC Raspberry Pi Backup Configs

dbruce.ae05

Is there a documentation page that describes how the Raspberry Pi communicates with the Duet3?

I would like to backup the configuration files using rsync on the Raspberry Pi to another computer on my network so I don't lose the configuration files. I'm making a lot of changes getting my CNC setup, and I'd like to have a history of changes.

Phaedrux

What specifically are you wanting to backup? the configuration? The virtual SD card can be found at /opt/dsf/sd

https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Getting_Started_With_Duet_3#Section_Duet_Software_Framework_on_Raspberry_Pi

dbruce.ae05

Thanks @Phaedrux! that's just what I needed. I created a cronjob to run the following script every hour while I'm trying to get things running.

now=`date +'%F_%H.%M.%S'`
host_address="username@host"
filename="[backup file pathway]/$now/"

#echo $now
#echo $host_address
#echo $filename

ssh $host_address mkdir -p $filename

rsync -av /opt/dsf/sd/sys $host_address:$filename
rsync -av /opt/dsf/sd/macros $host_address:$filename

The script above requires automatic ssh login, a good link to set that up is here: http://www.linuxproblem.org/art_9.html

Cron:

# m h  dom mon dow   command
0 * * * * bash /home/pi/Documents/backup-duet3.sh