diff --git a/.restic/.gitignore b/.restic/.gitignore
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+.env
+.repo-name
+.repo-pass
diff --git a/.restic/README.md b/.restic/README.md
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+You've run across the directory where I set up everything relating to how I do personal backups. I should/ will/ do test, but if you see something wrong/ questionable, please let me know, thanks :)
+
+Let's make sure we have these installed:
+
+- Bash
+- Restic
+- msmtp set up
+- credentials set up w/ pash
diff --git a/.restic/ignore.txt b/.restic/ignore.txt
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+
+$HOME/.Trash
+$HOME/.cache
+$HOME/.cargo
+$HOME/.config/google-chrome
+$HOME/.esmtp_queue
+$HOME/.java
+$HOME/.local/bin
+$HOME/.local/lib
+$HOME/.mozilla/firefox/*/storage/default/*/cache
+$HOME/.npm
+$HOME/.rustup
+$HOME/.steam
+$HOME/.steampath
+$HOME/.steampid
+$HOME/.subversion
+$HOME/.thunderbird/*/ImapMail
+$HOME/.thunderbird/*/Mail
+$HOME/.var/app/*/cache # Flatpak
+
+$HOME/Downloads/nobkup
+$HOME/Music
+$HOME/tmp
+$HOME/Videos # temporary until i get it cleared up
+
+$HOME/ghq # consider removing
+$HOME/ghq/**/node_modules
+
+$HOME/.restore-info/tmp
+
+# Nix
+$HOME/.nix-profile
+$HOME/.nix-defexpr
+
+# Nextcloud
+.owncloudsync.log
+.sync_*
+.sync-exclude.lst
+
+*.part
+.DS_Store
+.TemporaryItems
+.Trash-1000
+.Trashes
+._*
+__pycache__
diff --git a/.restic/restic-do b/.restic/restic-do
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# set -euo pipefail
+
+mkdir -p ~/.restore-info/tmp
+chmod 700 ~/.restore-info
+
+# ./restic -r s3:https://<WASABI-SERVICE-URL>/<WASABI-BUCKET-NAME> init
+export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$(pash show personal-backups/aws-key-id)
+export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$(pash show personal-backups/aws-access-key)
+
+repo=$(cat ~/.dotfiles/.restic/.repo-name)
+script_started=$(date +%Y-%M-%d_%k%M%S)
+
+# $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE or $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND
+if [[ -f "$HOME/.dotfiles/.restic/.repo-pass" ]]; then
+	export RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE="$HOME/.dotfiles/.restic/.repo-pass"
+else
+	export RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND="pash show personal-backups/repo-pass"
+fi
+
+# set email vars here
+[ -f ~/.dotfiles/.restic/.env ] && source ~/.dotfiles/.restic/.env
+
+# Check internet connectivity
+echo "checking internet connectivity, pinging google.com"
+ping -c 1 google.com
+internet_check="$?"
+if [[ $internet_check != 0 ]]; then
+	echo "You may not be connected to the internet"
+	notify-send -u critical "The backup was unable to run:" "you are not connected to the internet"
+	zenity --error --text "The backup was unable to run: you are not connected to the internet"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if metered
+# https://github.com/erikw/restic-systemd-automatic-backup
+# http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
+systemctl is-active dbus.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
+systemctl is-active NetworkManager.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
+
+metered_status=$(dbus-send --system --print-reply=literal \
+	--system --dest=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager \
+	/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager \
+	org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get \
+	string:org.freedesktop.NetworkManager string:Metered \
+	| grep -o ".$")
+
+if [[ $metered_status =~ (1|3) ]]; then
+	echo Current connection is metered
+	notify-send -u critical "The backup was unable to run:" "your internet connection is metered"
+	zenity  --error --text "The backup was unable to run: your internet connection is metered"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+case "$1" in
+	backup)
+		cd ~ || exit 1
+
+		echo "exporting list of packages"
+        rm ~/.restore-info/packages-* # clear existing
+		# https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/82880/how-to-replicate-installed-package-selection-from-one-fedora-instance-to-another
+		# install w/ < $file xargs dnf -y install
+		dnf repoquery --qf '%{name}' --userinstalled \
+			| grep -v -- '-debuginfo$' \
+			| grep -v '^\(kernel-modules\|kernel\|kernel-core\|kernel-devel\)$' \
+			> ~/.restore-info/packages-${script_started}.txt
+		
+		echo "exporting dnf repos list"
+		rm ~/.restore-info/dnfrepos-* # clear existing
+		dnf repolist enabled > ~/.restore-info/dnfrepos-${script_started}.txt
+
+		echo "starting backup"
+		restic backup -r "$repo" \
+			--one-file-system \
+			--exclude-caches --exclude-file ~/.dotfiles/.restic/ignore.txt \
+			--exclude-if-present .exclude_from_backup \
+			~ -v > ~/.restore-info/tmp/backup-log-${script_started}.txt
+
+		restic_exit_code="$?"
+		backup_stopped=$(date +%k%M%S)
+
+		cat <<EOMAIL | msmtp --read-envelope-from $BACKUP_EMAIL_TO
+To: $BACKUP_EMAIL_TO
+From: $BACKUP_EMAIL_FROM
+Subject: Backup report $script_started exiting $restic_exit_code
+
+Stopped $backup_stopped
+
+$(cat ~/.restore-info/tmp/backup-log-${script_started}.txt)
+EOMAIL
+	;;
+	prune)
+		echo "not implemented yet" ;;
+	exec)
+		shift
+		restic -r "$repo" "$@" ;;
+esac