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Bash Commands

  • Mount a CIFS/Samba File share in Linux
sudo mount -t cifs //$ADDRESS/$REMOTE_PATH /$LOCAL_PATH \
    -o username=$USERNAME,password=$PASSWORD
  • Mount a CIFS/Samba File Share in Linux with a credentials file
sudo mount -t cifs //$ADDRESS/$REMOTE_PATH /$LOCAL_PATH \
    -o credentials=/root/.samba/credentials

credentialsfile

username=value
password=value
  • Restore most recent Borg backup snapshot
borg extract --strip-components 3 /mnt/backups/$DEVICE/$BACKUP_NAME::$SNAPSHOT_NAME

# Extract latest snapshot
borg extract --strip-components 3 /mnt/backups/$DEVICE/$BACKUP_NAME::$(borg list /mnt/backups/$BACKUP_NAME --last 1 --short)
  • Set date/time
sudo date --set="2024-10-02 01:12:00"