Minecraft rolling backup script.

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash

echo "Backup perfomed at: `date +'%Y/%m/%d %H:%M'`"
echo "Backup perfomed at: `date +'%Y/%m/%d %H:%M'`" >> backups.log

# Make a backup
cp -r ~/unleashed/world ~/unleashed/backups/world_`date +%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M`

pushd ~/unleashed/backups
# Keep only the latest 50 backups
# First show what we're deleting
ls -t | sed -e '1,50d' | xargs -d '\n' echo
# Then delete it
ls -t | sed -e '1,50d' | xargs -d '\n' rm -r
popd