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Created November 23, 2018 14:10
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Simple backup script
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backup.sh
#!/bin/bash
LOCS="/a /couple /of /paths"
DEST="/some/path"
HOST="user@host" # assuming pubkey auth
AORB="$((`date +%m` % 2))"
[[ $AORB = 1 ]] && AORB="a" || AORB="b"
set -x
tar czf - $LOCS | ssh $HOST "cat > $DEST/backup-$AORB.tar.gz"
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