Backing up Folders

tommytomato · 07-11-2006, 10:17 PM

Hi all

I'm trying to work out how to back up certain folders with in my Linux box.

just wondering if this looks right ??? how ever I would like it to back up the tar file into another folder called ( lets say ) /Downloads/html.bak

my bin bash

Code:

!/bin/bash 

# this file is my automated backup script, htmlbackup.sh. 

cd /srv/www/html/ 
rm htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz 
tar -zcf htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz .

my cron should be some thing like this

Code:

34 9 * * * /srv/www/backup.sh

system is Tinysofa Ceara

Do I add the following

, sorry alittle lost

Code:

rm /Downloads/html.bak/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz
tar -zcf /Downloads/html.bak/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz .

TT

r£vilo · 07-12-2006, 12:52 PM

i would do:

Code:

!/bin/bash 

# this file is my automated backup script, htmlbackup.sh. 

cd /srv/www/html/ 
rm htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz 
tar -zcf htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz .
cp /srv/www/html/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz /Downloads/html.bak/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz

or i wud do

Code:

cd /srv/www/html/
tar -zcf htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz
rm /Downloads/html.bak/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz
mv /srv/www/html/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz /Downloads/html.bak/

No you do not need to add the extra code.
btw u do not really need the rm command as cp will automatically overwrite it.

What are you lost on?

tommytomato · 07-12-2006, 09:41 PM

So I can take out the rm command

I'm getting the following email in root mail. if you get what I mean

Code:

/folder/folder/htmlbackup.sh: line 1: !/bin/bash: No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove `/folder/folder/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz': No such file or directory

with your top script wouldn't it be better if the tar was before the rm like so, or have I got it wrong.

Quote:

#!/bin/bash

# this file is my automated backup script, htmlbackup.sh.

cd /srv/www/html/
tar -zcf htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz .
rm htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz
cp /srv/www/html/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz /Downloads/html.bak/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz

TT

r£vilo · 07-13-2006, 11:56 AM

Quote:

So I can take out the rm command

Whoops, i misread the code: i thought you were deleting the file /Downloads/html.bak/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz rather than the file /srv/www/html/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz. Sorry! So no you do not remove the rm command.

Quote:

with your top script wouldn't it be better if the tar was before the rm like so, or have I got it wrong.

No it wont archive if you do not delete it first even if it did your whole script would be pointless because it would backup the file then delete it right afterwards (so you have no backup). If you have the rm command first it will delete the file when you are backing up. Or if by that you mean you do not want the file htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz in /srv/www/html then add the rm command after te line cp /srv/www/html/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz /Downloads/html.bak/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz

Quote:

I'm getting the following email in root mail. if you get what I mean

Code:

/folder/folder/htmlbackup.sh: line 1: !/bin/bash: No such file or directory rm: cannot remove `/folder/folder/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz': No such file or directory

To stop getting that there is a simple solution which is just to create the file /folder/folder/htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz Then after that as there is a file to delete so you wont get an error and the script can run the whole way through (as the error stops it before it creates the file htmlbackup.sh.tar.gz).

Hope that helps.

tommytomato · 07-13-2006, 08:08 PM

cheers for that r£vilo

the only error I have now

TT

r£vilo · 07-14-2006, 09:34 AM

what is the error?