nixCraft Linux Forum - View Single Post - shell script and cron -zipping a folder then archiving on same server

nixcraft · #4 (**permalink**) 27-11-2008, 10:47 PM

Here is a sample shell script:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# dirs to backups
DIRS="/path/to/events /path/to/marketing"

# Save zip file elsewhere on the server 
DEST="/disk2/archive"



# set to "no" keep old zip file and add new file
DELETE_OLD_ZIP_FILES="yes" 

#Path to binary files
BASENAME=/usr/bin/basename 
ZIP=/usr/bin/zip

for d in $DIRS
do
    zipfile="${DEST}/$(${BASENAME} ${d}).zip"
    echo -n "Creating $zipfile..."
    if [ "$DELETE_OLD_ZIP_FILES" == "yes" ]
    then
        [ -f $zipfile ] && /bin/rm -f $zipfile 
    fi
    # create zip file
    ${ZIP} -r $zipfile $d &>/dev/null && echo "Done!"
done

Save this file to /root/mkserverzip.sh and set cron job as follows to backup it up weekly:

Code:

@weekly /root/mkserverzip.sh

See cron tutorial for more info:
How do I add jobs to cron under Linux or UNIX oses?

Modify script as per your setup.

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