Minecraft backup script

backup_world.sh

#!/bin/sh
WORLD='world'
SERVER='localhost'
PASSWD='mcrcon-password'
MCUSER='minecraft'
MCPATH='/srv/minecraft'
BACKUPPATH='/srv/minecraft/backup/worlds'
REMOTE_BACKUPSERVER=example.com
REMOTE_USER=foo
REMOTE_BACKUPPATH='/home/foo/backup/minecraft/worlds'

echo "Start backup script - $(date)"

if pgrep -u minecraft > /dev/null; then
# server is running
  echo "Server is running"
  mcrcon -sc -H $SERVER -p $PASSWD "save-off" "save-all"
  mcrcon -sc -H $SERVER -p $PASSWD "say SERVER BACKUP STARTING. Server going readonly..."
  sync
  sleep 10
else
  echo "Server is not running; no need to suspend world auto-save"
fi

NOW=`date "+%Y-%m-%d_%Hh%MJP"`
BACKUP_FILE="$BACKUPPATH/${WORLD}_${NOW}.tgz"
echo "Backing up minecraft world..."
tar -C "$MCPATH" -zcf "$BACKUP_FILE" $WORLD

if pgrep -u minecraft > /dev/null; then
# server is running
  mcrcon -sc -H $SERVER -p $PASSWD "save-on"
  mcrcon -sc -H $SERVER -p $PASSWD "say SERVER BACKUP ENDED. Server going read-write..."
fi

chown -R $MCUSER $MCPATH

echo "Sending backup files to $REMOTE_BACKUPSERVER:$REMOTE_BACKUPPATH"
rsync -avh "$BACKUP_FILE" ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_BACKUPSERVER}:$REMOTE_BACKUPPATH/