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hello everyone. i have a folder in /opt/backup that everyday there is a folder created. in order to save space i would like to tar.gz all folders that is older that 2 days.
i would not like to create one single file but each folder to be on its own, with the name preserved.
that script will run every 2 days at 02:00 in the morning.
I am not sure that there is any question in your post, I see nothing to answer.
I will comment:
That sounds like a plan, but why not backup any NEW folder (created since the last run, or in the last 24 hours) instead?
thanks a lot for the reply.
i do need to backup individually, every folder that is in /opt/backup and it is older than 2 days old.
i do need that script to run at 02:00 every 2 days.
my question is how do i do that, please?
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