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+#+TITLE: Scripts for admin
+#+AUTHOR: Marius Peter
+#+DATE: <2022-01-23 Sun>
+
+#+begin_abstract
+The code blocks contained in this ~Smart Document~ are Bash and Python
+scripts that automate certain sysadmin tasks on my local box.
+#+end_abstract
+
+
+* Helper functions
+
+These helper functions were adapted from the Guix project.
+
+#+NAME: helper-functions
+#+BEGIN_SRC sh :results verbatim
+  timestamp() { date --rfc-3339=s; }
+
+  _err()
+  { # All errors go to stderr.
+      printf "[%s]: %s\n" "$(date +%s.%3N)" "$1"
+  }
+
+  _msg()
+  { # Default message to stdout.
+      printf "[%s]: %s\n" "$(date --rfc-3339=s)" "$1"
+  }
+
+  _debug()
+  {
+      if [ "${DEBUG}" = '1' ]; then
+          printf "[%s]: %s\n" "$(date +%s.%3N)" "$1"
+      fi
+  }
+
+  # Return true if user answered yes, false otherwise.
+  # $1: The prompt question.
+  prompt_yes_no() {
+      while true; do
+          read -rp "$1 " yn
+          case $yn in
+              [Yy]*) return 0;;
+              [Nn]*) return 1;;
+              ,*) _msg "Please answer yes or no."
+          esac
+      done
+  }
+#+END_SRC
+
+* Backup
+
+This scripts
+#+BEGIN_SRC bash :noweb yes :results verbatim
+  <<helper-functions>>
+  bkp_dirs=("~/Desktop" \
+                "~/Documents" \
+                "~/git" \
+                "~/Music/" \
+                "~/org/" \
+                "~/.emacs.d")
+  _msg "Preparing backup..."
+  _msg "List of directories to backup:"
+  # printf "%s\n" ${bkp_dirs[*]}
+
+  for file in $(ls)
+  do
+      rsync -a $file bkp/
+      printf "Successfully sent file %s\n" $file
+  done
+
+  rsync -a ./ ./bkp
+  _msg "Backup was completed successfully!"
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+RESULTS:
+#+begin_example
+[2022-01-23 16:30:36+01:00]: Preparing backup...
+[2022-01-23 16:30:36+01:00]: List of directories to backup:
+Successfully sent file Makefile
+Successfully sent file README.org
+Successfully sent file bashrc.org
+Successfully sent file bkp
+Successfully sent file herbstluftwm-autostart.org
+Successfully sent file panel.sh
+Successfully sent file scripts.org
+Successfully sent file test.ml
+Successfully sent file xinitrc.org
+[2022-01-23 16:30:36+01:00]: Backup was completed successfully!
+#+end_example