From cb7ab15f692f1c3944c447a07c561776a0c6cc90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marius Linge <atrius@pannekake.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 08:19:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Checks if user wants to perform a backup prior to
 updating if a new version is available

---
 tools/arkmanager | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 5df729b..4c9a823 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -639,6 +639,9 @@ doUpdate() {
     doStop
 
     if [ -n "$appupdate" ]; then
+      if [ "$arkBackupPreUpdate" == "true" ]; then
+        doBackup
+      fi
       cd "$steamcmdroot"
       ./$steamcmdexec +login anonymous +force_install_dir "$arkserverroot" +app_update $appid $validate +quit
       # the current version should be the last version. We set our version

From 94b3138988641a96c9645f2df5c8081466517486 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marius Linge <atrius@pannekake.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 08:20:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Adds a configuration value to allow backup prior to
 updating the server

---
 tools/arkmanager.cfg | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/arkmanager.cfg b/tools/arkmanager.cfg
index 024a940..094df34 100644
--- a/tools/arkmanager.cfg
+++ b/tools/arkmanager.cfg
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ arkserverexec="ShooterGame/Binaries/Linux/ShooterGameServer"        # name of AR
 arkbackupdir="/home/steam/ARK-Backups"                              # path to backup directory
 arkwarnminutes="60"                                                 # number of minutes to warn players when using update --warn
 arkautorestartfile="ShooterGame/Saved/.autorestart"                 # path to autorestart file
+arkBackupPreUpdate="false"                                          # set this to true if you want to perform a backup before updating
 
 # Update warning messages
 # Modify as desired, putting the %d replacement operator where the number belongs

From 115f0c3ce7e6418658bd9c9c542ddb7bf8e93725 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marius Linge <atrius@pannekake.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:42:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Improves the backup on-request feature

---
 tools/arkmanager | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 4c9a823..1ad3638 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -592,6 +592,8 @@ doUpdate() {
       saveworld=1
     elif [ "$arg" == "--update-mods" ]; then
       modupdate=1
+    elif [ "$arg" == "--backup" ]; then
+      arkBackupPreUpdate=true
     fi
   done
 
@@ -637,11 +639,14 @@ doUpdate() {
     fi
 
     doStop
+    
+    # If user wants to back-up, we do it here.
+    
+    if [ "$arkBackupPreUpdate" == "true" ]; then
+        doBackup
+    fi
 
     if [ -n "$appupdate" ]; then
-      if [ "$arkBackupPreUpdate" == "true" ]; then
-        doBackup
-      fi
       cd "$steamcmdroot"
       ./$steamcmdexec +login anonymous +force_install_dir "$arkserverroot" +app_update $appid $validate +quit
       # the current version should be the last version. We set our version
@@ -657,7 +662,7 @@ doUpdate() {
         fi
       done
     fi
-
+    
     # we restart the server only if it was started before the update
     if [ $serverWasAlive -eq 1 ]; then
       doStart

From a9f2c5401f183499a7a9e9b47b893881ee30cb83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marius Linge <atrius@pannekake.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:34:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Adds the new command to README

---
 README.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8942613..92b3b46 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ Validates all ARK server files
 #### arkmanager update --update-mods
 Updates installed and requested mods
 
+#### arkmanager update --backup
+Takes a backup of the save files before updating.
+
 #### arkmanager status
 Get the status of the server. Show if the process is running, if the server is up and the current version number
 

From 47c070a21c2d940afb0c51d8c52ef3343fc7caf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marius Linge <atrius@pannekake.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:35:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Adds the new command to arkmanager help

---
 tools/arkmanager | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 1ad3638..23b3cf1 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -1180,6 +1180,7 @@ while true; do
       echo "       --validate     Validates all ARK server files"
       echo "       --saveworld    Saves world before update"
       echo "       --update-mods  Updates installed and requested mods"
+      echo "       --backup       Takes a backup of the save files before updating"
       exit 1
     ;;
     *)