Shell script to backup directories & files from your home directory and email them as .tar.gz file
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#!/bin/bash # mybackup - Backup selected files & directories and email them as .tar.gz file to # your email account. # List of BACKUP files/dirs stored in file ~/.mybackup # # Usage : ./mybackup # # Notes : Very handy tool to take backup (nowdays we have 1 gig+ email a/c) # # Copyright (C) 2004 nixCraft project # Email/Contact : http://cyberciti.biz/fb/ # Date : Aug-2004 # Last updated : Aug-2005 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License # as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 # of the License, or (at your option) any later version. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC) # Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE=~/.mybackup NOW=`date +"%d-%m-%Y"` OUT="`echo $USER.$HOSTNAME`.$NOW.tar.gz" TAR=`which tar` # mail setup MTO="nixbackup@somedom.com" MSUB="Backup (`echo $USER @ $HOSTNAME`) as on `date`" MES=~/tmp/mybackup.txt MATT=~/tmp/$OUT # make sure we put backup in our own tmp and not in /tmp [ ! -d ~/tmp ] && mkdir ~/tmp || : if [ -f $FILE ]; then IN="`cat $FILE | grep -E -v "^#"`" else echo "File $FILE does not exists" exit 3 fi if [ "$IN" == "" ]; then echo "$FILE is empty, please add list of files/directories to backup" echo "Use mybackupadd script" exit 2 fi $TAR -zcf ~/tmp/$OUT $IN >/dev/null # create message for mail echo "Backup successfully done. Please see attached file." > $MES echo "" >> $MES echo "Backup file: $OUT" >> $MES echo "" >> $MES # bug fix, we can't send email with attachment if mutt is not installed which mutt > /dev/null if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then # now mail backup file with this attachment mutt -s "$MSUB" -a "$MATT" $MTO < $MES else echo "Command mutt not found, cannot send an email with attachment" fi # clean up /bin/rm -f $MATT /bin/rm -f $MES
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Tags: backup file, backup files, email account, email backup, eq, fi, free software foundation, gig, gnu general public license, handy tool, mail setup, mkdir tmp, msub, mto, mutt command, mybackup, send backup to email account, shell script, zcf ~ Last updated on: April 9, 2008
Hi, i am not experienced in this, but i would like to know where to find help files on this script.