Introduction

This is a small application, which allows users to specify 2 folders, the first folder is the main folder and the second one is a backup folder. This tool copies all of the contents from main to backup, however you can filter [exclude] folders.

Arguments

You can either use a config file or pass arguments when calling the executable. There are 3 arguments that can be used:

main_folder: Main folder which will be copied
backup_folder: Backup folder which will be a replica of the main one
filter_dirs: A comma separated list of folders which will be ignored

The saver.conf config file includes more details on these arguments.

Usage

With arguments [recommended]

cargo run -- main_folder="C:/path/to/folder" backup_folder="C:/path/to/backup" filter_dirs="dir1, bad dir, another_bad_dir"

This will copy C:/path/to/folder to C:/path/to/backup and it will ignore folders: " dir1", "bad dir" and "another_bad_dir". Passed arguments overwrite the ones provided in the config. If a wrong argument is passed, an error will be thrown.

With config file

# Config File [saver.conf]  

main_folder=C:/path/to/folder
backup_folder=C:/path/to/backup
filter_dirs=dir1, bad dir, another_bad_dir

cargo run

It will do the same things as the call with arguments. The config file needs to be in the same folder as the current working directory