Telegram Portable Updater and Backuper

README.md

This script will generate a .desktop file for multiple telegram accounts.

backup.sh

#!/usr/bin/bash

# Directory Structure
# _BACKUP
# _BASE

echo "Cleanup Previous Backup"
rm -rf _BACKUP telegram-accounts-backup.zip

echo "Setting Up Backup Directory"
mkdir _BACKUP

echo "Creating Backups..."

find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d ! -name _BASE ! -name _BACKUP \
    -exec cp --parents -t _BACKUP \
    {}/TelegramForcePortable/tdata/key_datas \
    {}/TelegramForcePortable/tdata/D877F783D5D3EF8Cs \
    {}/TelegramForcePortable/tdata/D877F783D5D3EF8C/maps \;

echo "Zipping Backup..."
zip -qr telegram-accounts-backup.zip \
    _BACKUP \
    _BASE \
    backup.sh \
    updater.sh;

updater.sh

#!/bin/bash

echo "Generating Desktop Entries..."

find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d ! -name _BASE ! -name _BACKUP | while read -r dir; do
    # Create Desktop Entry
    work_dir=$(realpath "$dir/TelegramForcePortable")
    desktop_file=$(realpath "$dir/Telegram.desktop")
    
    cat > "$desktop_file" <<EOF
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Telegram
Exec=telegram-desktop -noupdate -workdir $work_dir
Icon=telegram
Type=Application
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=telegram-desktop
EOF
    chmod +x "$desktop_file"
done