v3.0.0 - Add cron support

Features

• ⏰ Add cron support (-c) to schedule backups automatically using cron expressions

Author: Vituh <foiovituh@outlook.com>

v2.2.0 - Move logs to ~/.bakpak/logs and improve script readability

Features

• 📁 Move success and error logs to ~/.bakpak/logs/ (replaces old /tmp/backup_errors.log)
  • ~/.bakpak/logs/successes.log
  • ~/.bakpak/logs/errors.log
• 🧼 Refactor internal functions for better readability and maintainability

Author: Vituh <foiovituh@outlook.com>

v2.1.0 - Add input sanitization and dry-run support

Features

• 🧪 Introduce dry-run mode (-d) to print the backup command without executing it
• 👾 Add input validation to prevent unsafe characters

Author: Vituh <foiovituh@outlook.com>

v2.0.1 - Fix VERSION constant and cron example

Fixes

• 🔨 v1.0.0 -> v2.x.x
• 📆 Cron example in README
• ❌ Remove features in README

Author: Vituh <foiovituh@outlook.com>

v2.0.0 - Flag-based argument parsing

Features

• 🚀 Implements robust argument parsing using getopts (-f, -t, etc.)
• 🧹 Improves code organization with dedicated functions
• 💾 Keeps backups as .tar.gz files by default, with an option to create .tar without compression
• ⚠️ Breaks backward compatibility with the previous positional argument usage

Author: Vituh <foiovituh@outlook.com>

v1.0.0 – First stable release

Features

• 🎯 Backs up any folder, creating a .tar.gz file with date and time
• ✅ Checks if the source and destination folders exist and have permissions
• 📢 Has the --help and --version options to make it easier to use
• 🆘 Shows logs with timestamp
• 🧼 Errors are saved in the /tmp/bakpak_errors.log file

Author: Vituh <foiovituh@outlook.com>