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quick bash script to make system backups
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # tar -zcpf /mnt/storage/backups/`date "+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S"`_`hostname`.tar.gz --directory=/ --exclude=proc --exclude=sys --exclude=dev/pts --exclude=media --exclude=srv --exclude=mnt . | |
| tar -jcpf /mnt/storage/backups/"$(date "+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")"_"$(hostname)".tar.bz2 --one-file-system / | |
| # Sample cron entry to run sysbackup every day at 4:52am, assuming this script is executable in /usr/bin/ | |
| # 52 4 * * * sysbackup |
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