cite about-plugin about-plugin 'OS X Time Machine functions' function time-machine-destination() { group "osx-timemachine" about "Shows the OS X Time Machine destination/mount point" echo $(tmutil destinationinfo | grep "Mount Point" | sed -e 's/Mount Point : \(.*\)/\1/g') } function time-machine-list-machines() { group "osx-timemachine" about "Lists the OS X Time Machine machines on the backup volume" local tmdest="$(time-machine-destination)/Backups.backupdb" find "$tmdest" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d | grep -v "/\." | while read line ; do echo "$(basename "$line")" done } function time-machine-list-all-backups() { group "osx-timemachine" about "Shows all of the backups for the specified machine" param "1: Machine name (optional)" example "time-machine-list-all-backups my-laptop" # Use the local hostname if none provided local COMPUTERNAME=${1:-$(scutil --get ComputerName)} local BACKUP_LOCATION="$(time-machine-destination)/Backups.backupdb/$COMPUTERNAME" find "$BACKUP_LOCATION" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d | while read line ; do echo "$line" done } function time-machine-list-old-backups() { group "osx-timemachine" about "Shows all of the backups for the specified machine, except for the most recent backup" param "1: Machine name (optional)" example "time-machine-list-old-backups my-laptop" # Use the local hostname if none provided local COMPUTERNAME=${1:-$(scutil --get ComputerName)} local BACKUP_LOCATION="$(time-machine-destination)/Backups.backupdb/$COMPUTERNAME" # List all but the most recent one find "$BACKUP_LOCATION" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -name 2\* | sed \$d | while read line ; do echo "$line" done } # Taken from here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/30547074/1228454 function _tm_startsudo() { sudo -v ( while true; do sudo -v; sleep 50; done; ) & SUDO_PID="$!" trap _tm_stopsudo SIGINT SIGTERM } function _tm_stopsudo() { kill "$SUDO_PID" trap - SIGINT SIGTERM sudo -k } function time-machine-delete-old-backups() { group "osx-timemachine" about "Deletes all of the backups for the specified machine, with the exception of the most recent one" param "1: Machine name (optional)" example "time-machine-delete-old-backups my-laptop" # Use the local hostname if none provided local COMPUTERNAME=${1:-$(scutil --get ComputerName)} # Ask for sudo credentials only once _tm_startsudo echo "$(time-machine-list-old-backups "$COMPUTERNAME")" | while read i ; do # Delete the backup sudo tmutil delete "$i" done _tm_stopsudo }