Add new IGNORED folder to backup's exclusion list. Add quotes to all instances of variables.

Config/ProvisionTests/example.env

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ CPU=0.2
 RAM=0.2G
 
 ## Storage
-#STORAGE_DIR=../../Volumes/ProvisionTests
-PT_STORAGE_DIR=/tmp/ProvisionTests
+PT_STORAGE_DIR=../../Volumes/IGNORED/ProvisionTests
 
 ## Packages
 PACKAGES="git bash curl sudo which"

Config/ProvisionTests/prep.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# 2025-07-22 Hyperling
-# Create the necessary folders for LibreTranslate's volumes to work.
-# This must be run before the container will start properly.
 
 ## Setup ##
 
@@ -12,7 +9,6 @@ source ../../source.env
 ## Main ##
 
 # Create folders.
-
 mkdir -pv "$PT_STORAGE_DIR/arch"
 mkdir -pv "$PT_STORAGE_DIR/debian"
 mkdir -pv "$PT_STORAGE_DIR/fedora"

Volumes/IGNORED/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Volumes/IGNORED/README.md
+
+Docker volumes which do not need included in backups and are safe to delete
+during downtime without harming the integrity of the application they support
+can be directed here.
+
+Examples could be:
+
+- LibreTranslate's models
+    - These can be downloaded at any time and do not need recovered.
+- Provision Tests
+    - These are test VMs which ensure privisionin scrips work proeprly.
+    They are meant to be disposed of frequently and recrated from scratch.
+
+If working on test VMs, such as a dev or stage Nextcloud that shouldn't be
+taking up backup space, this would also be a good place for them.

bin/backup.sh

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 DIR="$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 PROG="$(basename -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 echo "$DIR/$PROG"
-source $DIR/../source.env
+source "$DIR/../source.env"
 
 ## Variables ##
 
@@ -71,17 +71,19 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo -e "\n`date` - Create the backup for '$DOCKER_HOME'."
-$time zip -r $file.tmp \
-	$DOCKER_HOME \
-	/etc/crontab /etc/cron.d /var/spool/cron \
-	/var/{log,mail} 1>/dev/null
-mv -v $file.tmp $file
+$time zip -r "$file.tmp" \
+	"$DOCKER_HOME" \
+	/etc/crontab /etc/cron.d \
+	/var/spool/cron /var/{log,mail} \
+	--exclude "$DOCKER_HOME/Volumes/IGNORED/*" \
+	1>/dev/null
+mv -v "$file.tmp" "$file"
 
 echo -e "\n`date` - Done with zipping, check size."
-ls -sh $file
+ls -sh "$file"
 
 echo -e "\n`date` - Ensure other users can access the file."
-chmod -v 755 $file
+chmod -v 755 "$file"
 
 if [[ "$up" == "TRUE" ]]; then
 	echo -e "\n`date` - Bring services back up."