Add incremential option #1
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And forgot to update the usage in README
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And removed leading slash in exclude since tar uses relative paths
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This PR will merge changes I made to @MichaelYochpaz's version of the Backup Script into the main branch. As he has stated that he is no longer maintaining this code, I have volunteered to take it up as the majority of his code meets my needs and with the added changes, meets all my needs.
The major features I implemented:
dateformat via-dargument, followed by a valid format-largument followed by an integer zero or greater$HOME/.config/tar/$DATASET_NAME.exclude. Dataset name is derived by replacing slashes in the dataset name with a dash, removing any dots or dashes in the beginning of the dataset name. Best way to use this is to provide the absolute path for the dataset.