backups in newfolders

mujahed_khan · 12-14-2007, 03:41 AM

Hi there,
I want to take backup of a folder everyday and it should not append the previous backup i want it to make new folders date by date and take backup so can anyone suggest me way to do it and if anyone is knowing of a third party software please let me know....

unSpawn · 12-16-2007, 12:20 PM

Hello and welcome to LQ. Just make a cronjob that calls a simple script like

Code:

#!/bin/sh
tar -cjf /backupsdir/`date +'%Y%m%d'`_nameofbackup.tar.bz2 /dirtobackup
exit 0

mujahed_khan · 12-16-2007, 11:48 PM

Thanks i will start working on it right away.