rsync website backup script

backup.sh

#!/bin/bash
 
# Website Backup Script
# http://webgnuru.com/linux/rsync_incremental.php

# Adapted to be run by anacron

# before running the script for the first time
# full_incremental should contain a dir like 2017-01-01
# empty or having a full backup
cd full_incremental

#Todays date in ISO-8601 format:
NOW=`date -I`
 
#Last backup
LAST=`ls -r | head -1`
 
#The source directory:
SRC="root@remote:/var/www/vhosts/site/public/"
 
#The target directory:
TRG="/mnt/storage/backup/full_incremental/$NOW"
 
#The link destination directory:
LNK="/mnt/storage/backup/full_incremental/$LAST"
 
#The rsync options:
OPT="-avh -e ssh --delete --link-dest=$LNK"

#Execute the backup
rsync $OPT $SRC $TRG