A commandline backup utility
Dopple is a simple commandline tool for copying (or moving) files and folders.
It has two required parameters: source and dest paths, relative or absolute.
By default, Dopple will copy files from source to dest if the source file's Modified timestamp is newer (or if the destination file does not exist).
See the descriptions below for additional options.
Version 1.3 usage (accessible by running dopple -h):
usage: dopple [-h] [--version] [-v] [-q] [--log FILE] [-t] [--no-recurse]
[--no-hidden] [--clean] [--reset] [--move] [-a] [-c] [-s N]
[--older] [--crc32] [--md5] [--fex PATTERN] [--pex PATTERN]
[--fin PATTERN] [--pin PATTERN] [-o] [-l FILE] [-d N]
[--predelay N] [-k] [--shutdown] source dest
positional arguments:
source folder to back up
dest destination for backup files
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--version show program's version number and exit
-v, --verbose show all activity (not just errors)
-q, --quiet don't show anything, even errors
--log FILE log all activity to the specified file
-t, --test test mode (filesystem will not be changed)
--no-recurse do not backup subfolder contents
--no-hidden do not backup hidden files/folders
--clean delete extra files from destination
--reset delete entire destination folder before starting
--move move to destination, rather than copy
-a, --abort abort backup if any copy fails
-c, --confirm ask before overwriting files
-s, --skip N used with -c to auto-select 'No' after N seconds
--older copy if source's modified date is newer OR older
--crc32 copy if CRC32 checksum has changed
--md5 copy if MD5 hash has changed
--fex PATTERN file/folder name exclude (see below)
--pex PATTERN relative path exclude (see below)
--fin PATTERN file/folder name include (see below)
--pin PATTERN relative path include (see below)
-o, --open open destination folder when finished
-l, --launch FILE launch the file (or folder) when finished
-d, --delay N wait for N seconds before closing
--predelay N wait for N seconds before starting
-k, --key wait for a key press before closing
--shutdown shut down computer when closing
'source' and 'dest' can be specified as:
relative path, eg. MySubFolder or ./
absolute path, eg. C:\Windows\MySubFolder\
located drive, eg. {IdentifyingFile}\MyBackup\
Include/Exclude patterns:
'fin' and 'pin' indicate files/folders to include
'fex' and 'pex' indicate files/folders to exclude
'fin' and 'fex' match against the file/folder's name
eg. --fin image*.png --fex image00.png
'pin' and 'pex' match against the path and name, relative to 'source'
eg. --pin MyPics\New\*.jpg --pex MyPics\20??\
Evaluated from left-to-right
Use 'glob' syntax:
? matches any char (exactly 1)
* matches any chars (0 or more)