Update CHANGELOG.md

* pre_backup list

* add $INSTALL_PREFIX

* make it executable

* remove pre_backup.txt

* fix quotes

Co-authored-by: Erik Westrup <erik.westrup@gmail.com>

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Co-authored-by: Erik Westrup <erik.westrup@gmail.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+## [7.4.0] - 2023-03-08
 ### Added
 - Support saving hourly snapshots. [#98](https://github.com/erikw/restic-automatic-backup-scheduler/pull/98)
+- Support for pre backup script at /etc/restic/pre_backup.sh [107](https://github.com/erikw/restic-automatic-backup-scheduler/pull/107)
 
 ### Fixed
 - Full path to `/bin/bash` in sytemd services. [#96](https://github.com/erikw/restic-automatic-backup-scheduler/issues/96)

README.md

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ The scope for this is not to be a full-fledged super solution that solves all th
 
 Nevertheless the project should work out of the box, be minimal but still open the doors for configuration and extensions by users.
 
+To use a different storage backend than B2, you should only need to tweak a few settings variables in the backup profile as well as some restic arguments inside `restic_backup.sh`.
+
 ## Notes
 * Tip: Navigate this document easily from the Section icon in the top left corner.
    ![README Sections](img/readme_sections.png)
@@ -496,6 +498,7 @@ For a laptop, it can make sense to not do heavy backups when your on a metered c
 1. Edit `restic-backup@.service` and `restic-check@.service` to require the new service to be in success state:
    ```
    Requires=nm-unmetered-connection.service
+   After=nm-unmetered-connection.service
    ```
 1. Copy and paste the command below, it will install the following files and refresh systemd daemon:
 1. Put this file in `/etc/systemd/system/`:

ScheduledTask/install.ps1

@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ $trigger =  New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Daily -At 7pm
 Register-ScheduledTask -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -TaskName "restic_backup" -Description "Daily backup to B2 with restic."
 
 # Install restic_check.sh
-$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "$(scoop prefix git)\git-bash.exe" -Argument '-l -c "source $INSTALL_PREFIX/etc/restic/default.env.sh && /INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/restic_check.sh"'
+$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "$(scoop prefix git)\git-bash.exe" -Argument '-l -c "source $INSTALL_PREFIX/etc/restic/default.env.sh && $INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/restic_check.sh"'
 $trigger =  New-ScheduledTaskTrigger  -Weekly -WeeksInterval 4 -DaysOfWeek Sunday -At 8pm -RandomDelay 128
 Register-ScheduledTask -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -TaskName "restic_check" -Description "Check B2 backups with restic."

bin/restic_backup.sh

@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ assert_envvars \
 IFS=':' read -ra backup_paths <<< "$RESTIC_BACKUP_PATHS"
 IFS=' ' read -ra extra_args <<< "$RESTIC_BACKUP_EXTRA_ARGS"
 
+# If you need to run some commands before performing the backup; create this file, put them there and make the file executable.
+PRE_SCRIPT="${INSTALL_PREFIX}/etc/restic/pre_backup.sh"
+test -x "$PRE_SCRIPT" && "$PRE_SCRIPT"
 
 # Set up exclude files: global + path-specific ones
 # NOTE that restic will fail the backup if not all listed --exclude-files exist. Thus we should only list them if they are really all available.
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ restic forget \
 	--option b2.connections="$B2_CONNECTIONS" \
 	--prune \
 	--group-by "paths,tags" \
-	--keep-hourly "$RESTIC_RETENTION_HOURS" \  
+	--keep-hourly "$RESTIC_RETENTION_HOURS" \
 	--keep-daily "$RESTIC_RETENTION_DAYS" \
 	--keep-weekly "$RESTIC_RETENTION_WEEKS" \
 	--keep-monthly "$RESTIC_RETENTION_MONTHS" \

usr/lib/systemd/system/restic-backup@.service

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Description=Backup with restic to Backblaze B2
 #OnFailure=status-email-user@%n.service
 # Prevent backup on unmetered connection. Needs special setup. See README.md.
 #Requires=nm-unmetered-connection.service
+#After=nm-unmetered-connection.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple

usr/lib/systemd/system/restic-check@.service

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Description=Check restic backup Backblaze B2 for errors
 Conflicts=restic-backup.service
 # Prevent backup on unmetered connection. Needs special setup. See README.md.
 #Requires=nm-unmetered-connection.service
+#After=nm-unmetered-connection.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple