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-# s3-backup
+# S3Backup
+
 Flexible python based backup utility for storing to S3
 
-**NOTE:** Currently in early development - doesn't actually do anything yet! :)
+## About
+
+This is a small python script to handle performing backups cross platform
+
+## Features
+
+It supports the following features:
+
+* Plan based backups
+* Custom command run pre-backup
+* Storing to S3
+* Emailing the result of the backup plans
+* Python standard logging framework
+
+## Configuration
+
+The backup utility is configured through the use of a JSON configuration file
+
+```json
+{
+  "AWS_KEY": "this is a key",
+  "AWS_SECRET": "this is a secret",
+  "AWS_BUCKET": "this is a bucket",
+  "AWS_REGION": "this is a region",
+  "EMAIL_FROM": "source@address.com",
+  "EMAIL_TO": "recipient@address.com",
+  "Plans": [
+    {
+      "Name": "MySQL Backup",
+      "Command": "mysqldump -u bob -p password > mysql_backup.sql",
+      "Src": "c:/mysql_backup.sql",
+      "OutputPrefix": "main_db"
+    },
+	{
+      "Name": "Website Backup",
+      "Src": ["c:/website/*.html", "C:/website/src/**/*"],
+      "OutputPrefix": "website"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+If emails are not required, then omit the `EMAIL_FROM` and `EMAIL_TO` fields of the configuration file.
+
+*Note*: When on Windows, it is better to pass the paths using forward slashes (/) as then escaping isn't required (as with backslashes). The script will normalize the paths in these cases. 
+However, when providing the command, if paths are required they will need to be double escaped.
+
+## Usage
+
+You will need to set up an AWS account if you do not have one, and then obtain AWS keys for an IAM account which has the following privileges:
+
+* S3 full access (for writing to the storage bucket)
+* SES full access (for sending emails)
+
+Run the backup tool using the following method:
+
+```python
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+from S3Backup import S3BackupTool
+
+script_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/'
+
+# Log to file
+#logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(name)s - %(message)s',
+#                    filename=script_path + "s3backup.log", level=logging.INFO)
+
+# Log to stdout
+logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=logging.DEBUG)
+
+s3backup = S3BackupTool("config.json")
+
+s3backup.run_plans()
+```
+
+See `test.py` in the `src` folder for an example.
+
+## Future Improvements
+
+These are some of the planned future improvements:
+
+* Run multiple pre-backup commands (by providing an array)