diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function targz() {
+
+  DNOW=$( date '+%F-%H-%M')
+
+
+        local tmpFile="${@%/}-${DNOW}.tar";
+
+tar -cvf "${tmpFile}" --exclude-vcs-ignores --exclude-vcs --exclude-backups --exclude-caches --exclude=".DS_Store" --exclude="node_modules" --exclude=".idea"  "${@}" || return 1;
+
+        size=$(
+                stat -f"%z" "${tmpFile}" 2> /dev/null; # macOS `stat`
+                stat -c"%s" "${tmpFile}" 2> /dev/null;  # GNU `stat`
+        );
+
+        local cmd="";
+        if (( size < 52428800 )) && hash zopfli 2> /dev/null; then
+                # the .tar file is smaller than 50 MB and Zopfli is available; use it
+                cmd="zopfli";
+        else
+                if hash pigz 2> /dev/null; then
+                        cmd="pigz";
+                else
+                        cmd="gzip";
+                fi;
+        fi;
+
+        echo "Compressing .tar ($((size / 1000)) kB) using \`${cmd}\`…";
+        "${cmd}" -v "${tmpFile}" || return 1;
+        [ -f "${tmpFile}" ] && rm "${tmpFile}";
+
+        zippedSize=$(
+                stat -f"%z" "${tmpFile}.gz" 2> /dev/null; # macOS `stat`
+                stat -c"%s" "${tmpFile}.gz" 2> /dev/null; # GNU `stat`
+        );
+
+        echo "${tmpFile}.gz ($((zippedSize / 1000)) kB) created successfully.";
+
+}
+
+targz db/menu.db