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+#!/bin/bash
+
+[[ ! -f "$HOME/.borgbackup.env" ]] && printf "\$HOME/.borgbackup.env doesn't exist!\n" && exit 1
+
+if [[ "$(stat -c %A $HOME/.borgbackup.env)" != "-rw-------" ]]; then
+    printf "WARNING!!!! \$HOME/.borgbackup.env has the wrong permissions!\n"
+    printf "\nrun : chmod 0600 \$HOME/.borgbackup.env\n"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+source "$HOME/.borgbackup.env"
+
+info "Starting backup"
+
+# Backup the most important directories into an archive named after
+# the machine this script is currently running on:
+
+borg create                         \
+    --verbose                       \
+    --filter AME                    \
+    --list                          \
+    --stats                         \
+    --show-rc                       \
+    --compression lz4               \
+    --exclude-caches                \
+--exclude '/var/cache/*'    \
+--exclude '/var/tmp/*'    \
+--exclude '/*/lost\+found/*' \
+--exclude '/home/*/.cache/*'    \
+--exclude '/home/*/go/*'    \
+--exclude '/home/*/.wine/*'    \
+--exclude '/home/*/snap/*'    \
+--exclude '/home/*/Downloads/*'    \
+--exclude '/home/*/Nextcloud/*'    \
+--exclude '/home/*/.config/Rocket.Chat/Cache//*'    \
+--exclude '/home/*/.config/discord/Cache/*'    \
+--exclude '/home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache/*' \
+--exclude '/home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/minidumps/*' \
+--exclude '/home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/extensions.sqlite' \
+--exclude '/home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*/urlclassifier3.sqlite' \
+--exclude '/home/*/.config/google-chrome/Default/Local Storage/*' \
+--exclude '/home/*/.config/google-chrome/Default/Session Storage/*' \
+--exclude '/home/*/.config/google-chrome/Default/Application Cache/*' \
+--exclude '/home/*/.config/google-chrome/Default/History/*' \
+--exclude '/home/*/.config/google-chrome/Default/History-journal/*' \
+--exclude '/home/*/.config/google-chrome/Default/History Provider Cache/*' \
+--exclude '/home/*/.local/share/flatpak/*' \
+--exclude '/home/*/.local/share/virtualenv/*' \
+--exclude '/home/*/.local/share/virtualenvs/*' \
+::'{hostname}-{now}'            \
+/home \
+
+
+backup_exit=$?
+
+info "Pruning repository"
+
+# Use the `prune` subcommand to maintain 7 daily, 4 weekly and 6 monthly
+# archives of THIS machine. The '{hostname}-' prefix is very important to
+# limit prune's operation to this machine's archives and not apply to
+# other machines' archives also:
+
+borg prune                          \
+    --list                          \
+    --prefix '{hostname}-'          \
+    --show-rc                       \
+    --keep-daily    14               \
+    --keep-weekly   8                \
+    --keep-monthly  6                \
+
+prune_exit=$?