If you observe regularly then these mods aren't worth the bother rsnapshot would give depth on changes w/o dups after initial full copy, only does complete copies of changed files
DAY=$(date -%u) # day number eg 6 instead of Sat mv -iv /home/backup/days/$DAY /home/backup/days/$DAY.prev # then IF everything works ... rm -rf /home/backup/days/$DAY.prev Chris On 14-04-26 11:23 PM, Shawn Grover wrote: > This has been a great discussion thus far - I've heard about some > tools for the first time here. To contribute back, here is the BASH > script I use for my backup routines. The magic is that it doesn't > try to be a one-stop solution for all scenarios. Instead it expects > each scenario to take care of itself via a separate script, and place > it's backup files into the working directory under a reasonably named > sub-directory. Then it just tar's up the whole working directory... > The depth or number of backups can be easily changed by altering the > DAY variable. Of course, I don't pretend this is the BEST solution > in all cases though, so use your best judgment. Oh and let me know > if you see anything I can do better.. thanks! > > Shawn > > #!/bin/bash > > WORK=/home/backup/working SCRIPTS=/home/backup/scripts > TARGET=/home/backup/days > > #make sure our directories exist [ ! -d $WORK ] && mkdir -p $WORK [ ! > -d $SCRIPTS ] && mkdir -p $SCRIPTS [ ! -d $TARGET ] && mkdir -p > $TARGET > > #set up the day directory DAY=`date +%a ` rm -rf > /home/backup/days/$DAY #remove the directory so we > don't have any old backups kicking around mkdir -p > "/home/backup/days/$DAY" #create the "day" directory > (i.e. Sun, Mon, Tue, etc.) > > echo "*************************************" >> > $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log echo "** Starting backup **" > >> $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log echo > "*************************************" >> $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log > echo `date` >> $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log echo "" >> > $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log > > echo "*************************************" >> > $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log echo "** Backup Scripts **" > >> $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log echo > "*************************************" >> $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log > > #execute each of the backup scripts for f in `ls $SCRIPTS` do ## Each > Script is simply another BASH file that executes the commands ## to > copy the desired files into the working directory. For instance ## if > we were rsync'ing a remote website into the working directory, we ## > would place it in $WORK/[remote_site_name]/ echo "**** Executing > backup script: $f" >> $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log $SCRIPTS/$f >> > $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log done > > echo "*************************************" >> > $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log echo "** Tar Files **" > >> $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log echo > "*************************************" >> $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log > > #create the tar file cd $WORK for d in `ls $WORK` do echo "**** > Creating tar file for directory: $d" >> $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log tar > cvzf $TARGET/$DAY/$d.tar.gz $d/ >> $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log done > > echo "" >> $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log echo `date` >> > $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log echo "*************************************" > >> $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log echo "** Backup Finished > **" >> $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log echo > "*************************************" >> $TARGET/$DAY/backup.log > > > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing > list [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List > Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these > lines when replying >
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