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codeachange/directory_backup_script.sh

Created August 15, 2013 07:38
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shell script to backup a directory
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directory_backup_script.sh
#!/bin/bash
# This file must be put in the same directory of TargetDir
# Because using relative path to avoid tar warning:
# tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
TargetDir="html"
DestDir="/var/www/backup/dir"
NOW="$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")"
tar -czf "$DestDir/html.$NOW.tar.gz" "$TargetDir"
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